★★★★★ This book is a fascinating and erudite canter through a complex episode in European history, focusing on the period from 2017 to 2019 when negotiations led to the finalisation of the text of the Withdrawal Agreement (October 2019) and the UK’s departure from the EU (31 January 2020). The book is a companion to Volume I, published in 2017, on the law and politics surrounding the UK’s Brexit referendum in June 2016. Edited by Professor Federico Fabbrini of Dublin City University, founder of the Brexit Institute, this latest volume brings together a host of academic, legal and political science luminaries from the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. They contribute different chapters to what is a detailed commentary on the Withdrawal Agreement, the history behind it and what the future might look like. The book contains an eye-catching foreword from Michel Barnier, the chief EU Brexit negotiator.