¡°Many books have been written which claim to be ¡°A New History of the World¡±. This one fully deserves the title¡¦It is difficult, in a short review, to do justice to a book so ambitious, so detailed and so fascinating as this one¡± - Gerald DeGroot, The Times
¡°A book that roves as widely as the ge...
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¡°Many books have been written which claim to be ¡°A New History of the World¡±. This one fully deserves the title¡¦It is difficult, in a short review, to do justice to a book so ambitious, so detailed and so fascinating as this one¡± - Gerald DeGroot, The Times
¡°A book that roves as widely as the geography it describes, encompassing worlds as far removed as those of Herodotus and Saddam Hussein, Hammurabi and Hitler¡¦It is a tribute to Frankopan's scholarship and mastery of sources in multiple languages that he is as sure-footed on the ancient world as he is on the medieval and modern¡± - Justin Marozzi, Sunday Times
¡°My book of the year: history on a grand scale, with a sweep of ambition that is rare ... A remarkable book on many levels, and one that anyone would have been proud to write: a proper historical epic of dazzling range, ambition and achievement¡± - William Dalrymple, Observer
¡°The most illuminating book of the year ... A healthy antidote to Eurocentric accounts of history¡± - Books of the Year, Times Literary Supplement
¡°Splendid ... tightly researched ... invigorating and profound with enough storytelling to excite the reader and enough fresh scholarship to satisfy the intellect...charismatic and essential¡± - Bettany Hughes, Daily Telegraph
¡°A rare book that makes you question your assumptions about the world¡± - Wall Street Journal
¡°Dazzlingly good¡± - Evening Standard
¡°Based on astonishingly wide and deep reading and in all areas draws on the latest research... It is full of vivid and recondite details¡± - Independent
¡°Full of intriguing insights and fascinating details¡± - Observer
¡°With extraordinary erudition and a vivid style, he takes us on a dazzling tour of these parts from the rise of the first empires right through to the present¡± - Open (Weekly)
¡°Beautifully constructed, a terrific and exhilarating read and a new perspective on world history¡± - Averil Cameron, History Today
¡°As well-written, entertaining, disturbing and exciting as a detective story¡± - Svenska Dagbladet
¡°A dazzling piece of historical writing¡± - South China Morning Post
¡°This book lives up to its claim to be a new history of the world because of its geopolitical paradigm shift ¡¦ He is a Herodotus of the twenty first century¡± - Irish Left Review
¡°Monumental¡¦prodigious¡¦astonishing. Frankopan is an exhilarating companion for the journey along the routes which conveyed silk, slaves, ideas, religion, and disease, and around which today may hang the destiny of the world¡± - Vanity Fair
¡°An exceptional storyteller ¡¦ Frankopan does a superb job of explaining the history that has led to this modern era of new Silk Roads running across ¡°the spine of Asia.¡±... Frankopan's book will be indispensable to anyone who wants to make sense of this union of past and present¡± - Dallas Morning News
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*A history with the ambition and scope of Gibbon and Macaulay and a historian to watch for the future
*A fascinating account of the forces and events that have shaped the global economy, and that have sent the wealth that once went west along the silk road towards the east
*The break out history release of the year, selling over 20,000 copies TCM
*A Book of the Week for The Times; a Book of the Year pick in the Observer, Guardian, Sunday Times and the Times Literary Supplement; the History Book of the Year for the Daily Telegraph; and a Non-Fiction Book of the Year for Daunt Books