The Audio Version of Les Nouvelles Routes de la Soie (The New Silk Roads) - read by Patrick Donnay has just come out in French.
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As a judge of this year's British Book Awards - the Nibbies - Peter helped select Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain as Book of the Year. Click here for more.
Han Dynasty China and Roman Empire helps us understand the past and present, writes Robert Farley. Just ask Peter Frankopan, he says.
As Chair of the judges, Peter has helped announced the ten books short-listed for this year's Cundill Prize - the richest history prize in the world. For more, see here
Sir Bernard Jenkin writes for the the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies about how the UK should engage with China. Peter's Silk Roads shows how we can sometimes be fooled by distortions about our own place in the world and about the global past - and present
The Silk Roads has been published into Persian, reports the Tehran Times.
The unauthorised translation, made by Hassan Afshar, has been released in Iran in the autumn of 2020.
The unauthorised translation, made by Hassan Afshar, has been released in Iran in the autumn of 2020.
Apisai Tora, one of the most influential figures in Fiji's history was determined to finish reading the Silk Roads before he died in August 2020, says a touching look at his life in The Fiji Times
Chair of the judges for the Ondaatje Prize, Peter praises 2020 winner Roger Robinson for his wonderful 'A Portable Paradise', reports The Guardian
Stefano Hatfield writes in the 'i' that we should celebrate the small things in lockdown. He would like to write a book 'as brilliant' and prescient as New Silk Roads. But what's the point, he muses.
FS Aijazuddin discusses the significance of CoVid-19 in leading Pakistan daily, Dawn. Peter's work helps show how important it is to understand context and perspective when thinking about what is going on in the world.
2021 could be the Year of the Sabbatical, says The Sunday Times. 'So pack a copy of Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Roads: A New History of the World and open your mind to civilisations you barely knew existed'
Made in Chelsea star Rosi Mai has just read Peter's New Silk Roads. It was 'mind-blowing', she tells Grazia magazine.
The novelist Isabel Colegate tells The Guardian that she is happy to be reading Peter's 'nice fat history book, The Silk Roads',
Iran can - and should - move from being a totalitarian regime to a modern, vibrant and free country, argue Ramin Parham and Djavad Khadem in the Jerusalem Post. Peter's work shows how important Iran has been in history
Follow the Silk Road, says The New York Times. And take a copy of Peter's book with you: 'This is a roaring best seller of a book that tells what can feel at times like the history of the world. Click here for more.
Basketball legend Bill Walton recommends his favourite books - and includes Peter's Silk Roads in his list
Peter took part in one of the first fully digital debate at the Cambridge Union, says Varsity. The debate was on 'Does Coronavirus show humanity at its best?.
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China is raising the temperature with the UK by warning about reprisals if Huawei is excluded from the 5G spectrum. Peter comments on how this might affect education. To read, click here
Vivek Menezes, co-founder of the Goa Literature Festival, refers to Peter's work on pandemics and the Black Death - and the effect it had on the economies and societies of Europe after the 1340s. For more, see here
To fight boredom during lockdown, Peter is playing 'book cricket' with fellow cricketers, including Sebastian Faulks and Tom Holland. His team did less well than their Mongol antecedents, notes the Sunday Times
The government of the UAE is launching a series of talks and public discussions - including one featuring Peter Frankopan.
The Edge is in lock down because of CoVid-19. He's spending the time listening to new music and reading Peter's 'monumental' Silk Roads book. Click to read
As Chair of the judges, Peter has helped announce the short-list for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize 2020, reports The Bookseller
Peter is part of the 'all-star line-up' talking at the Jaipur Literature Festival's Digital 'In Exile' event, alongside Simon Schama, Alain de Botton, Shashi Tharoor, Edmund de Waal and many more.
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Edoardo Williams talks about his new book, Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican Ecumene, and says how Peter's work on the Silk Roads has inspired him to think about how to explain connectivity in Mersoamerica. Click here for more
The Bookseller reveals the long-list for this year's Ondaatje Prize, which is chaired by Peter Frankopan this year.
India today reports that the author Tishani Doshi's novel Small Days and Nights has made it on to the long-list of the Ondaatje Prize, chaired by Peter Frankopan. The winner will be announced on 4 May 2020.
Yahoo Lifestyle rounds up 'What Everyone is Reading Right Now' as more people find they have time on their hands at the moment. Many are reading Peter's Silk Roads.
The Times of India rounds up what leading figures in India are reading. Sanjay Nirupam, leader of Congress, is reading Peter's The Silk Roads.
Bianca Sue Brown writes about relations between Italy and China for Italics magazine, and notes Peter's comments to the BBC about the timing of Chinese investments in Europe. To read, click here
Prominent Kenyan Senator Moses Kajwang is listening to an audio version of Peter's Silk Roads during lockdown, he tells Africa Business Daily.
Peter talks to Sky News and says that fine words about CoVid-19 should not hide the fact that the government has been taking considerable risks during the pandemic. For more, see here
It is easy to miss the big picture when thinking about CoVid-19, Peter tells China's Global Times. Inter-connectivity spreads disease; but also enables more rapid exchange of information. Click here for more
Wade Shepard of Forbes writes on the effect CoVid-19 is having on the Belt and Road Initiative - and asks Peter what history reveals about pandemics in Asia. To read click here
Legendary actor Anant Nag tells the Deccan Herald that he came across Peter's Silk Roads on a film set - and is now reading it for the third time
Peter has been named Chair of the prestigious Cundill Prize for 2020. For more information, click here
Peter gave the first talk at the inaugural Hay Festival Abu Dhabi - and didn't hold back, reports The National.
Peter spoke with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences about the spread of coronavirus, and about what happens next as the pandemic spreads around the world. Click here for more
Peter talks to Kang Hyun-kyung of the Korea Times about infectious diseases in history - and what we can learn from the past when it comes to pandemics. To read, click here
Peter will be coming to Bangkok at the start of February 2020 to talk at teh Bangkok Edge Festival. For more, click here.
Peter's book The Silk Roads: A New History of the World has been named one of the Sunday Times Books of the Decade. Click here for more
Peter was at the Jaipur Literature festival where he spoke about the New Silk Roads - and about who developed, or thinks they developed these inter-continental networks. For more, click here
Katherine Wu of the Smithsonian magazine writes about the images of primates in Santorini and notes Peter's comments about long-distance in antiquity, as well as about the practice of rare animal gift-giving. Click here for more
Tom Whipple of The Times writes about images of monkeys discovered in the Aegean - Peter tells him that they may show how inter-continental change goes back millennia. To read, click here
There are lots of things that should be on the curriculum - like the discovery of oil in Persia, that Peter writes about in Silk Roads, writes Philip Bell in the TES. Climate change should be taught at school too. For more, see here
Peter has won the Calliope Prize, reports Süddeutsche Zeitung
Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan is reading Peter's book on the Silk Roads, a 'dazzling exploration of the forces that have driven the rise and fall of empires.'
Urdu Point is impressed.
Urdu Point is impressed.
University professors are failing students and the general public by being deliberately obscure - with some notable exceptions like Peter Frankopan who has become a 'literary star' - writes Jenni Russell in The Times.
In November 2019, Peter was awarded the Calliope Prize by the German Emigration Center in recognition of his research and to support a project that will examine the role played by dual and multi-lingualism in contemporary society.
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In October 2019, Peter was in Cosenza to receive the Human Sciences prize of the Carical Foundation for his book on The New Silk Roads
Ahlam Bolooki writes in The National in the UAE that we should learn the lessons of history - and points to Peter's Silk Roads as a prime example of how to do so.
Christopher Gibbons, editor of Acumen of South Africa, enjoys Peter's New Silk Roads. He writes that it is an essential guidebook for the present and future.
Peter gave the Sir Christopher Ricks Lecture for 2019 at King Alfred's School, Wantage. It was 'a stunning lecture' says the Penny Post, and 'a remarkable evening' . For more click here
Tule Heydarov writes in Eurasian Review about the New Silk Roads for publishers and Peter's books have helped explain the connections that link China and the Caspian Sea. To read, click here
The Straits Times reports Peter's remarks about the role of Singapore and South East Asia in global maritime history at the Bicentennial Conference
Leading executives at McKinsey talk about the books they are reading at the moment - including Peter's Silk Roads
Peter has been awarded the prestigious Luigi de Franco prize for Human Sciences of the Carical Foundation for his book The New Silk Roads
Henry Foy of the Financial Times notes the rising focus on Central Asia and beyond in works like Peter's New Silk Roads in his review of Erika Fatland's Sovietistan
Hindol Sengupta of Fortune India has been reading the work of 'the brilliant Oxford historian' Peter Frankopan and has been inspired by his account of global inter-connectedness. To read, click here
Financial Advisor magazine recommends Peter's The Silk Roads: A New History of the World as perfect poolside reading for the summer of 2019.
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Paul Collier writes about changing how we look at big problems - as Peter's Silk Roads book did. For more, see here
Peter has been named Stavors Niarchos Foundation Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research following a major benefaction by the Foundation. Frankopan has been founder-Director of the OCBR since 2010. For more, click here
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Big names are coming to the Dalkey Book Festival this year - including Peter Frankopan
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Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Oxford has been awarded a major grant by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Peter tells Greek daily Kathimerini of his delight
Bloomsbury releases an upbeat trading statement, thanks to several bestsellers, including Peter's New Silk Roads
The New Silk Roads is the Book of the Day for Portugal's flagship Radio Noticías program.
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President Xi of China opens a major conference on Asian civilisations in Beijing that was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Xinhua quotes Peter saying that studying each other's history and engaging in dialogue is fundamental to improving ties and collaborations between peoples
Xinhua quotes Peter saying that studying each other's history and engaging in dialogue is fundamental to improving ties and collaborations between peoples
Muhammad Akbar Notezai writes about Pakistan's plans ot build a wall along the border with Afghanistan - and asks Peter about precedents. To read, click here
Peter's views are referenced in comments by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko in his visit to Italy.
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Writing in Kenya's Daily Nation, Peter Kagwanja notes how important Peter's book on the Silk Roads is for changing the way we think about the past.
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Sebastien Le Fol writes in Le Point about the challenges facing Europe at a time when countries like China are planning for the future - and notes how Peter's work makes this clear
A photos of a cosmonaut from Turkmenistan apparently holding a copy of a book about the Silk Roads by the country's president has provoked much comment - including by Peter. See here for more
Following the success of the 2019 Jaipur Literary Festival, the organisers announce the line-up for next year - when Peter will be back to talk at the world's biggest literary festival. See here for more
Peter visits the Gulf, where he will talk about the new Silk Roads and the future of the Middle East. For more, click here
Mishal Husain of the BBC chooses Peter's Illustrated version of the Silk Roads as one of her Books of the Year for The Big Issue.
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History has always been shaped by control of trade routes and commodities, says Marcel Hendriks in Dutchj daily Trouw - as you can see in Peter's glorious book on The Silk Roads. To read, click here
L'Histoire magazine, France's biggest-selling history periodical, names Peter's Les Routes de la Soie as one of its Books of the Year (2018). For more, click here
Mary Beard writes about Ultima Thule and outer space - and her exchange with Peter and Tim Whitmarsh about where 'Thule' was thought to be by writers in the past.
Peter's book on The Silk Roads was named runner-up in the Prix du Livre Européen that was announced on 6 December 2018.
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Lord Patten, Chancellor of Oxford University, chooses Peter's Silk Roads: A New History of the World as one of his Books of 2018 for the New Statesman
Former French Foreign Minister talks about 'a remarkable book by an English Professor, Peter Frankopan'. The New Silk Roads is an astonishing book that sends chills down your spine. To listen (at 7;'23), click here
Adnan Morshed writes for Bangladesh's Daily Star about the 'origin myth' of Dhaka - and cites Peter's 'fascinating book' as an inspiration for a new generation of historians to debunk fake news.
Peter's New Silk Roads is a perfect Christmas present, says The Herald
Farrukh Irnazarov, George F. Kennan Fellow at the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center chooses The Silk Roads, a highly vivid and entertaining book, as one of his recommendations for 2018.
The Silk Roads is on the ideal summer reading list for Australian writer, commentator& analyst Sandy Plunkett is
Peter was a judge of the Cundill Prize, the world's richest history award, won by Maya Jasanoff for Dawn Watch, an 'outstanding book by a brilliant scholar'. Click here for more.
'Your Reading List For The Week in The Hindu recommends Peter's latest book, The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World.
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Iain Macwhirter writes about the legacy of the First World War and the way Peter's work has helped put this in a wider context. Click here to read
As a member of the jury of the Cundill History Prize for 2018, Peter helped select three books for the shortlist:
Caroline Fraser, Prairie Fires - The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder; Maya Jasanoff, Dawn Earth, Joseph Conrad in a Global World; and Sam White, A Cold Welcome - The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America.
The Cundill History Prize will be awarded in Montreal on 15 November 2018.
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Caroline Fraser, Prairie Fires - The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder; Maya Jasanoff, Dawn Earth, Joseph Conrad in a Global World; and Sam White, A Cold Welcome - The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America.
The Cundill History Prize will be awarded in Montreal on 15 November 2018.
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Peter offers some words to the Uzbek Press to celebrate the Samarkand Day 2018.
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Peter is quoted by China Daily about the rule of UK financial institutions in the Belt and Road Initiative.
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New museums are popping up all over India - many of them taking inspiration from personal pasts, and from connections to the Silk Roads, informed by Peter's book, says the Hindustan Times. To read, click here
Joanna Lumley has been reading everything she can before her trip along the Silk Roads - including Peter Frankopan's books. Click here for more
General Kayihura, until recently the second most powerful person in Uganda after the President, is reading Peter's Silk Roads book while being held under house arrest - sources tell Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper
Mobility is the backbone of civilisation, writes Joshua Woo in influential news outlet The Malaysian Insight. As such, building roads adn transport infrastructure is crucial to help ideas, goods as well as people spread - as Peter shows in The Silk Roads. To read, click here
Peter's book on the Silk Roads helps explain how Buddhism reached Korea and incorporates so many aspects, that readers are able to gain insight into a huge portion of the world's history - says Jin -Yu-young in The Korea Times
China will be watching the 2018 election in Pakistan with interest, Peter tells India's Business Standard
Peter's book has shown Ryan Young that trade helped lift Europe out of the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. Having access to the right materials - and promoting trade - underpins the great works of art of the past, and of the present. To read, click here
Uzbekistan lay at the heart of the Silk Roads, Prachi Joshi tells readers of The Hindu - a source of paper and much more besides, as Peter reminds us in his book. To read click here
GMA News in The Philippines notes that Peter is one of the experts expected in Manila for the Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank who will discuss the Past, Present and Future of the World Economy.
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Peter's views on Gwadar and Chahabar as possible rivals but also complements are discussed in the South Asia Weekly Report of the Observer Research Foundation. Click here for more
Peter will be bringing the story of The Silk Roads 'up to date', says leading industry publication The Bookseller.
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Peter will be speaking at the Althrop Literary Festival on Friday 5 October - reminds The Week.
Explorer Benedict Allen will be taking Peter's Silk Roads book away with him, as part of his Perfect Summer.
Peter's Silk Roads gets an amazing seven star salute from Danish daily Kristeligt Dagblad for this summer's perfect summer reading. To view, click here
Peter is one of the judges of the Runciman Award for 2018, which has been covered extensively in the Greek press. To read, click here
Akbar Notezai writes about the forthcoming elections in Pakistan. Peter tells him that China is watching closely. To read, click here.
Peter's Silk Roads book is enjoying a spell in the Bestsellers' list in Canada, holding onto a place in the Top 5 for a third week in a row.
Simon Nixon writes about comments by Emmanuel Macron, about Lotharingia as a model for Europe's future. Peter explains why the French President's words as so well chosen. To read, click here
Raymond Ibrahim writes on the anniversary of the fall of Antioch in 1098 - and refers to Peter's work on the origins and causes of the First Crusade. To read, click here
Michael Lewitt says that the US keeps scoring own goals in its dealings with China. He is struck by Peter's comments about how 9/11 and the financial crisis changed American outlook on the world. To read, click here
Fiji's Sun Online reports that Peter will be in Manila to talk at the Asian Development Bank's 51st Annual Meeting to talk about shifts in the global economy and the impact of new technologies.
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Kevin O'Marah writes in Forbes about the lessons from Peter's Silk Roads book about the importance of supply chains - and how important getting logistics right was for the Dutch as they build a global trading empire. To read, click here
Silk Roads moves up to No 3 in the Bestseller lists in Independent Bookstores in the United States in the Bestseller list for 5 April 2018
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Peter's Silk Roads: A New History of the World is back in the New York Times Bestseller List in March and April 2018. To view, click here and here
Peter is at the vanguard of historians who are changing the way we think about the past.
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Srdjan Garecevic praises Peter's Silk Roads and says it provides a new and surprising way of looking at history. To read, click here
The three shortlisted books for the EBRD Literature Prize have been announced. For more, click here
Leading Portuguese daily looks forward to the publication of Peter's As Rotas da Seda – Uma nova história do mundo. To read, click here
Nathan Gardels, Editor in Chief of the World Post, cites Peter's work in The Washington Post as helping understand the contemporary politics in the US and China. To read, click here
Founder of the Lahore Lit Fest, Razi Ahmed, talks about the 2017 festival and how Peter's opening talk had to be moved at short notice because of security concerns. Click to read
Albanian daily Dritare talks about Ismail Kadarë's The Traitor's Niche being on the long-list of the EBRD Book Prize - for which Peter is one of the judges.
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Peter's Silk Roads is chosen as one of the Books of the Year by renowned scientists Stephen Curry in The Guardian.
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Sushaini Haidar considers the role of commodity exchange in The Hindu while writing about the history of geopolitics and using the past to help understanding the present. Peter's Silk Roads is the perfect primer. To read, click here
Silk Roads is spending its second week in The New York Times Bestseller list Still hope for a Christmas Number One ! To view, click here
Layla Moran, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, talks about her favourite music and books - and says that Peter's Silk Roads sings a different tune to traditional histories. To read, click here
Peter's Silk Roads rises to #5 in the Indiebound Bestsellters list for second week of December 2017. To view, click here
John L. House talks about Peter's Silk Roads as he considers whether we are wrong to think the Cold War is over. To read, click here
Each year, National Book Tokens organises a Hidden Book Game.
It is not impossible that Peter's Silk Roads lies behind one of the clues.
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It is not impossible that Peter's Silk Roads lies behind one of the clues.
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The Daily Sabah in Turkey reports that an Peter Frankopan, 'an Oxford University academic who is known as a "fearless and brilliant" writer and a sensation on an international scale with his book "The Silk Roads' will be coming to Istanbul to talk at a conference. To read, click here
Sharjah 24 reports on Peter's talk at the Sharjah International Book Fair and notes his comments that the 'winners write the history'.
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Peter talks to John Arlidge of The Sunday Times about the Louvre Abu Dhabi. To read, click here
Peter is quoted in an article by Rpbert Fulton in Canada's National Post on the new Louvre Abu Dhabi. The times are changing, he notes - something that is reflected in the aims of the museum. To read, click here
Peter's Silk Roads is extensively quoted in Pakistan's Dunya News in a major article about the history of slavery, equality and human rights.
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Peter is quoted by China Daily in the build up to the 19th Party Congress in China.
Peter's Silk Roads book has gone into The Washington Post Top 10 Bestseller list
Peter has been appointed one of the judges for the inaugural EBRD Literature Prize. For more, click here
Kosovar newspaper InfoGlobi talks about Peter's views of the Middle Ages and about how 1348 was the worst year in history. To read, click here
Former head of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, W.A. Wijewardena, names Silk Roads as his book of the year
Peter has been appointed Scaliger Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden. For more, click here
Coutts, the famous private bank, has chosen eight books as its Essential Summer Reads. To view, click here
Silk Roads has sold a million copies. To read, click here
Ding Gang writes in China's Global Times about the Belt and Road Initiaitive, and comments on Peter's work on the Silk Roads emphasises the benefits of exchange across Asia over the course of many centuries. To read, click here
What are Republicans Reading This Summer?, asks Foreign Policy.
Peter's Silk Roads is recommended for its 'breathtaking scope' and also for the way it re-orients the global compass towards the east. To read, click here
Peter's Silk Roads is recommended for its 'breathtaking scope' and also for the way it re-orients the global compass towards the east. To read, click here
BBC Radio 4's Open Book is at the Chalke Valley History Festival to talk about history writing, with a discussion about how The Silk Roads has opened up new avenues of approach for historians and publishers. To listen, click here
Sean Wilson, Creative Director of Ottawa's International Writers Festival picks The Silk Roads as one of his recommended Summer Reads for CTV Ottawa. To view, click here
BusinessNews Australis carries an interview with business titan Michael Charney, who talks about how much he is enjoying Peter's book on the Silk Roads and the different way of looking at history. To read, click here
Scott Macdonald writes in The National Interest about China's Belt and Road initiative - and notes how Peter's work underlines the importance of the connections that have linked East with West for millennia.
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Alex Preston writes in praise of books (rather than e-books) in The Observer - and talks to Peter about the importance of the beautiful cover of his Silk Roads book that was designed by Emma Ewbank. To read, click here
The British artist Abigail Reynolds set out to explore the lost libraries of the Silk Roads - following Peter's route set out in the Silk Roads. Sarah Lazarus writes about her journey in the South China Morning Post. To read, click here
Peter's agent, Catherine Clarke, has been named Literary Agent of the Year at the Pan Macmillan Book Awards. To read click here
Mian Abrar writes about the One Belt, One Road initiative, about the China-Pakistan Economic corridor (CPEC) and about Peter's work on connections across Asia. To read, click here
Ehtesham Shahid discusses Peter's views and what they mean for the understanding of globalisation and the rise of the Silk Roads. To read, click here
Frederik Giertsen writes about the revival of the Silk Roads in Asia, and cites Peter's findings to chart the start of a new age for China and the countries lying across the spine of Asia. To read, click here
Amer Aziz writes for leading US media outlet The Hill about what Americans and policy makers need to know about ISIS, and says Peter's book gives a much better picture of the causes for Islam's original expansion. To read, click here.
Tom Peck in The Independent asks Peter and three other leading historians if we are witnessing the end of the Labour Party. To read, click here
Salman Bashir writes about China's Belt and Road initiative in The Nation, and reminds how Peter's book has reshaped how we need to look at history. To read, click here
Самаркандский вестник. 'International bestseller' Peter writes about what the festival of Nowruz means for the city of Samarkand To read, click here
Andrew Moody of China Daily writes about the upcoming Belt and Road Forum meeting to be held in Beijing. Peter notes that connections being made by OBOR are not as new as some might think. To read, click here
Deborah Williams loves that fact that Peter's session at the Emirates Literary Festival was packed - and notes that history is the key to engaging with the 21st century. To read, click here
Jean-Pierre Lehmann writes in The Straits Times about how important Peter's book is as a guide to understanding why Europe is in turmoil and what it means for Asia.
Editorial in The Pakistan Observer reports Peter's comments about the prospects and opportunities for Chinese companies along the CPEC.
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Peter will open the Lahore Literary Festival, reports Dawn newspaper, following a keynote address by Zehra Nigah.
David Hockney is reading Peter's Silk Roads book. Like Hockey, Peter is a 'quiet revolutionary' says the Daily Mail.
The Financial Express reports that Peter's Silk Roads was one of the highlights of the New Delhi World Book Fair - along with Harry Potter and a new book about Indian cricket captain and legend Virat Kohli.
Historian Peter Frankopan is coming to Pakistan at the end of February, reports Newsweek.
Jennifer Westacott of The Australian talks about Peter Frankopan's 'superb book' on The Silk Roads and reminds us that 'the world’s most advanced cultures, cities and peoples have always developed along trade routes'. To read, click here
De Standaard of Belgium names Peter's book De Zijderoutes as the leading non-fiction title of the year, and one of the 10 Best Books of 2016. To view, click here
The historian Sarah Bond selects her nine favourite podcasts for Forbes in a column 'Lend Me Your Ears'. Sarah recommends a 'superb interview' between Peter and Bettany Hughes about the glorious history of Constantinople and Istanbul. Click here to download
Leading figures from public life and business choose their Book of the Year for 2016.
Dominic Barton, Roland Rudd and Tom Fletcher all choose Peter's Silk Roads.
Dominic Barton, Roland Rudd and Tom Fletcher all choose Peter's Silk Roads.
According to the Financial Times, Peter's book on the Silk Roads has helped set travel trends for 2017 - and stimulated interest in visiting Central Asia. Click here to find out more
The influential Foreign Affairs names The Silk Roads one of the Books of the Year. To view, click here
Peter is the 'rock star historian du jour' says Tim Shipman in the New Statesman (which explains why he was late for dinner)
Peter's Corazón Del Mundo proposed nothing less than a new way to look at history, says leading Colombian daily Libreria Nacional - which awards the book 5 stars.
The Dutch version of Peter's Silk Roads book (De Zijderoutes) is at No. 4 in the Non-Fiction charts in the Netherlands in the run-up to Christmas
Peter's Silk Roads book is one of the highlights of Alexandra Pringle's Year as a publisher. The 'erudite and extraordinary book' proves 'that serious books can have popular appeal' Click here
ABC's Richard Fidler chooses The Silk Roads as his Best Read of 2016. 'Peter Frankopan's book carries a bold and ambitious title; he wants nothing less than to change the way we see the story of the world.' Click here to read
Rachel Polonsky chooses the paperback of The Silk Roads as one of her Books of the Year in the TLS, praising it as 'magisterial' and a great read.
An extract from The Guardian from Greg Clark's new book Global Cities cites Peter's work and his comments that we think of globalisation as a uniquely modern phenomenon, yet 2,000 years ago it was a fact of life.' To read, click here
Peter will be talking at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in March 2017. He tells the organisers about his morning routine, his most memorable journey, and which book has most inspired him. To read, click here
The Newtown Bee of Connecticut recommends Peter's Silk Roads book as a 'a fascinating look at the long history of the East-West interaction'.
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Peter talks to David Lepeska of The Boston Globe about Turkey.
'Istanbul is and always has been a barometer,' he says, 'a sort of early warning system of pressure systems moving in.' To read, click here
'Istanbul is and always has been a barometer,' he says, 'a sort of early warning system of pressure systems moving in.' To read, click here
Silk Roads has been named as one of Waterstones 10 Paperbacks of 2016
'This stunning work is as much a crusade as it is a work of reference, with Frankopan keen to resurrect the importance of the trade network that in a sense defined our planet. Ultimately...we are presented with nothing less than a new history of the world and almost certainly a defining title of the decade' Click here for more
'This stunning work is as much a crusade as it is a work of reference, with Frankopan keen to resurrect the importance of the trade network that in a sense defined our planet. Ultimately...we are presented with nothing less than a new history of the world and almost certainly a defining title of the decade' Click here for more
The Observer-Reporter of Pennsylvania quotes Peter to remind readers that although 2016 has been a traumatic year, it has not been all that bad. To read, click here
Aysha Raja of The Last Word looks forward to the books that are coming out in 2017 and recalls the pleasure of reading Peter's Silk Roads book in 2016
Kalim Rajab writes in the South African press about the new age of uncertainty in the world and How to be a Survivor. He is struck by how Peter has identified the roots of change. Click here to read
The Vikings series has a new character, inspired by Peter's Silk Roads book.
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Eidhovens Dagblad reports that Peter is coming to town to do a reading from his book, De Zijederoutes at 1930 on Friday 11 November at the famous van Piere bookshop. For more information, click here.
The German edition of Silk Roads, Licht Aus Dem Osten: Eine Neue Geschichte des Welt, has gone straight into the best-seller lists in Germany. To see the charts in Der Spiegel, click here
The Oxford Times writes about how a new character in the Vikings TV series is based on the work of Oxford historian Peter Frankopan - who says how excited he is not only to have had an impact on Hollywood but that his Silk Roads book has helped inspire a better idea about gender in 10th Viking society. To read, click here
Новости Узбекистана Peter Frankopan of Oxford University's contribution to World Samarkand Day was reported across Central Asia. Click here for an example
Bloomsbury have reported strong trading figures, boosted by sales of The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan. To read the press release, click here
LIcht Aus Dem Osten makes its debut at No 7 in the German Bestseller charts. Click here to view
Michael Hirst, creator of the hit series Vikings, explains how Peter's Silk Roads book has inspired him to come up with a new character - Astrid, who represents a world that is connected, inter-linked and changing. To read, click here.
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City AM inclused The Silk Roads: A New HIstory of the World in its list of the 5 'Business Books you need to read this year.' Click here to see why
Peter's work on the Silk Roads is setting the agenda for analysts and commentators around the world. The influential econmist Shahid Javed Burki sets out how modern themes have echoes of the past. Click here to read
Globalisation needs to work for everyone, says Victoria White in the Irish Examiner. Just look at Peter Frankopan's Silk Roads. To read click here
The Silk Roads is 'a long, eye-opening and comfortingly old-fashioned essay in “big sweep” history, telling the story of the world from an Eastern perspective, and nicely deflating Western prejudices' says Mary Beard in the TLS. It is 'perfect poolside reading' this summer.
The faculty at Harvard Business School are reading Peter's Silk Roads book this summer
The Sunday Times chooses Peter's 'magnificent' Silk Roads as one its best holiday books for the Summer of 2016.
Peter chooses Mary Beard's SPQR as his recommendation for the Financial Times' Summer Books for 2016.
Peter talks to Janelle Retka about the Silk Roads, and about Chinese investment in Cambodia and South East Asia. To read, click here
Peter talks to David Lepeska of the Boston Globe about Turkey.
'Istanbul is and always has been a barometer', he says, 'an early warning system of pressure systems moving.' To read, click here
'Istanbul is and always has been a barometer', he says, 'an early warning system of pressure systems moving.' To read, click here
Good Times magazine profiles Peter, and talks to him about history, life and Pakistan following his recent visit to Lahore. He is a writer 'of dazzling range and energy' who has 'engendered a ream of superlatives from the international literati'. The 'gifted scholar/ powerhouse' talks to Afshan Shafi - who calls him 'The Hunky Historian'
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The Silk Roads hits the Top 10 in New Zealand, in Wellington and Auckland
Alain Frachon considers Peter's views on the death of democracy in Le Monde acknowledges that across the world 'la démocracie recule'. To read, click here
Giles Coren tells the US press that he is reading the Silk Roads as he launched a TV show. 'It's a very good thing for an English public school boy to read history written from a different perspective.'
The Silk Roads is a 'fabulous book', says Nilanjana Roy in Business Standard. We should learn from its story of the link between exchange, tolerance and prosperity says one of India's finest authors.
Peter talks to the Center on Global Interests about whether Russia belongs in Europe. To read, click here
Peter talks to Richard Lofthouse of Oxford Today - the magazine fo teh Alumni of Oxford University about Turning History on Its Head, about his new book on The Silk Roads, and how studying the Byzantine Empire changed his view of the world. To read the interview, click here
The Express Tribune in Pakistan discusses Peter's views about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the possibilities this brings for transforming not only Pakistan, but the wider region as well. To read, click here
The Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, visits London in January 2016 and insists on stopping to buy a copy of Peter Frankopan's Silk Roads: A New History of the World. Turkish media note that he already has a copy - so he must love the book. Click here for a report
Peter is cited by Haroon Moghul in Religion Dispatches in a piece on Donald Trump and Islam - with The Silk Roads referred to as 'one of the best recent histories of the Muslim world.' To read the article, click here
Vogue India has a nice snap of Peter at the magnificent Jaipur Literary Festival in January 2016. For this, and more pictures of a memorable evening, click here
The Silk Roads up to No. 1 in India.