The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History That Created Your World - Illustrated Edition

The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History That Created Your World - Illustrated Edition - Hardcover

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The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History That Created Your World - Illustrated Edition - Hardcover

The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History That Created Your World - Illustrated Edition - Hardcover

by Peter Frankopan
$26.99
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by Peter Frankopan (Author), Neil Packer (Illustrator)

A stunning illustrated edition of the International bestselling book, now in full color and accessible for young readers.

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart - the journey along the Silk Roads.
From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns, the rise of Europe, two world wars and politics today, The Silk Roads moves through time and history sewing the threads from different peoples, empires, and continents together into a phenomenal history of the globe.
With stories from every corner of society, Frankopan's magnificent retelling of his literary triumph The Silk Roads, sumptuously illustrated by Neil Packer, is a must-have world history.

Author Biography

Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University where he is also Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College. He took a First in History and was Schiff Scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge, before completing his doctorate at Oxford, where he was Senior Scholar at Corpus Christi College. He has lectured all over the world, including at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, Lahore, Astana, the UN and UNICEF. His revised translation of The Alexiad by Anna Komnene was published in 2009 and The First Crusade: The Call from the East was published in 2012.

Neil Packer has illustrated many adult and children's titles, including The Name of the Rose, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Iliad and The Odyssey and has worked on numerous titles forthe Folio Society. His work has been exhibited in the British Museum, the British Library and the Royal Academy. He has also been longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie medal.
Number of Pages: 128
Dimensions: 0.88 x 12.31 x 9.63 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: November 27, 2018
ISBN9781547600212
Author Peter Frankopan
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
GenreHistory
FormatHardcover
PublishedNovember 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages128
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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PETER FRANKOPAN is a historian based at Oxford University. He is the author of The First Crusade: The Call from the East, a major monograph about Byzantium, Islam and the West in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. He is a senior research fellow at Worcester College, Oxford, and the director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research at Oxford University. His revised translation of The Alexiad was published in the United States in 2009.

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