Peter Frankopan

Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South...

From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes a new, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Now they lead to Beijing." So argues Peter Frankopan in this revelatory new book. In the...

Les routes de la soie, dans leur version contemporaine, pour comprende les rapports entre Orient et Occident. Les nouveaux défis posés à l’Occident se multiplient et deviennent toujours plus complexes. L’Europe a plus de mal que jamais à penser son avenir face aux populismes et aux crises migratoires, tandis que les États-Unis sont lancés dans un...

A Chronology of the Crusades provides a day-by-day development of the Crusading movement, the Crusades and the states created by them through the medieval period. Beginning in the run-up to the First Crusade in 1095, to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and ending with the Turkish attack on Belgrade in 1456, this reference is a comprehensive...

D’Alexandre le Grand aux nouvelles Routes de la Soie, 2500 ans d’histoire comme vous ne l’avez jamais lue. Avec son « histoire du cœur du monde », Peter Frankopan renverse notre récit traditionnel, qui gravite autour de la Grèce antique, de Rome et de l’irrésistible ascension de l’Occident. Une approche réductrice, qui mérite une relecture...

What is it to pursue a goal, to strive for an ideal, to follow a dream?These are the questions explored by The Balvenie in this unique collection compiled by award-winning novelist Alex Preston. The stories – from some of the brightest and most exciting voices writing today – tell of determination, endeavour and perseverance against the odds. They...