Peter Frankopan The Earth Transformed

Described by the New Statesman as 'the history rock star du jour', the Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford is a leading expert in the history of the Mediterranean, Russia, the Middle East and Central Asia. He's best known for his globally bestselling history The Silk Roads: A New History of the World which was named as the Daily Telegraph's History Book of the Year in 2015 and remained in the Sunday Times Top 10 for nine months in a row. His latest book takes is a monumental and wide-ranging, topical and revelatory account of how the natural world has shaped human history and sheds fascinating new light on both today's climate crisis and the epochal shifts of the past.