A New History of the World
The Silk Roads is a revolutionary world history told from the perspective of the East. This beautiful Folio collector’s edition of the international bestseller is signed by Peter Frankopan.
In this revelatory book, Peter Frankopan makes the case for a major re-evaluation of world history – one focused not on Europe but on central Asia, where East meets West. In The Silk Roads, the zone between the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Himalayas emerges as a birthplace of civilisations, empires and religions. From here, the ancient routes of the title – ‘the world’s central nervous system’ – spread not only trade, but scientific knowledge, slaves, disease and marauding armies. Frankopan shows how the Silk Roads brought about a profoundly interconnected world, where ripples created by events in Baghdad could be felt in Scandinavia. And he shows the region’s global significance is rising again, in a time when China’s Belt and Road Initiative is creating new Silk Roads with a global reach. Frankopan brings the narrative up to date in a new introduction to this Folio edition, which includes a superb range of photography: 64 full pages, from paintings and ancient artefacts to modern architecture and photojournalism. A number-one bestseller, The Silk Roads sets out a compelling alternative to familiar Western narratives on global history.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Signed by Peter Frankopan
Bound in printed and blocked cloth
Set in Cardo with Hello Paris Serif as display
768 pages in total
64 pages of separate colour and black & white images in total
9 maps
Black-and-white chapter decorations
Blocked slipcase
9½˝ x 6¾˝
A richly illustrated edition
A new perspective on history
Biographies
That is a very beautiful and well illustrated edition.
Review by MR WLODEK NAKONIECZNY on 27th September 2024
Never a problem with quality. Great to get a signed version of a significant title. Just expensive.
Review by Paul Scholte on 5th January 2024
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