the earth Transformed - 2 march 2023.
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'An epic and spellbinding story....
Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history.' (FT)
'Frankopan’s skill is to create a new genre: the ecological epic history....a vital, epic history of climate change' (Telegraph)
Extraordinary....a vast work of scholarship. This is the first wide-ranging account of humanity's relationship wiht the natural world - both climate and environment....If this book does not make us think, then nothing will' (Anthony Beever, Daily Mail)
'Ferocious and impassioned...A dazzling compendium of global research' (Spectator)
'A remarkable piece of work' (New Indian Express)
Masterly...packed with rivesting examples..fascinating (Observer)
'A brilliant sequel to the Silk Roads' (Sunday Times)
'An immense work of scholarship...I know of no volume that tells the story with the breadth and depth of Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed. The book’s scope is extraordinary.' (Prospect)
'A wise, well-researched and essential study for our precarious times' (Independent)
'An epic historical saga' (TLS)
'Frankopan’s erudition is extravagant, as is his range of sources' (The Atlantic)
'‘An absorbing, hugely ambitious and multi-threaded book’ (Geographical)
In The Earth Transformed, Peter looks at how nature, the environment and climate have shaped our the history of our planet, its animals, plants and our own species; and at how humans have re-purposed its resources, for good and for ill.
'An epic survey of our interaction with the environment'
'The author succeeds in mastering a seemingly impossible challenge, distilling an immense mass of historical sources, scientific data and modern scholarship that span thousands of years and the entire globe into an epic and spellbinding story.'
'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history.'
'The author succeeds in mastering a seemingly impossible challenge, distilling an immense mass of historical sources, scientific data and modern scholarship that span thousands of years and the entire globe into an epic and spellbinding story.'
'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history.'
'An endlessly fascinating book'
‘Frankopan has brought all this scholarly work together into a massive book that is comprehensive, well-informed and fascinating.’
A mighty history...with the intellectual weight and dramatic force of a tsunami.'
‘Frankopan has brought all this scholarly work together into a massive book that is comprehensive, well-informed and fascinating.’
A mighty history...with the intellectual weight and dramatic force of a tsunami.'
'A vital, epic history of climate change'
'Frankopan may be an Oxford professor, but this is an exercise in scholarship worn gossamer-lightly'
'The Earth Transformed is a testament to the awesome value of in-depth research'
'Frankopan may be an Oxford professor, but this is an exercise in scholarship worn gossamer-lightly'
'The Earth Transformed is a testament to the awesome value of in-depth research'
'A remarkable piece of work'
I'n its vast sweep of time and space, the book is almost like a unified field theory of climate change and human behaviour'
I'n its vast sweep of time and space, the book is almost like a unified field theory of climate change and human behaviour'
'A brilliant sequel to the Silk Roads'
'A vast, learned and timely work'
'Frankopan shows you how everything fits together'
Sapiens for grown-ups'
'A vast, learned and timely work'
'Frankopan shows you how everything fits together'
Sapiens for grown-ups'
'In his characteristically pacey style…[Frankopan] shows both how the climate shaped modern life and how it increasingly defines the world’s economic and political tensions...and raises fresh and urgent questions'
'Above all, his work will encourage readers to think differently about the past'
'Above all, his work will encourage readers to think differently about the past'
'Ferocious and impassioned'
'A dazzling compendium of global research'
'A binge-worthy drama, every episode in all the continents playing its variation on the repeated themes'
'An act of deep understanding, recognising not only scientifically but culturally and philosophically that we are epiphenomena – not dominators of the Earth but products of it'
'A dazzling compendium of global research'
'A binge-worthy drama, every episode in all the continents playing its variation on the repeated themes'
'An act of deep understanding, recognising not only scientifically but culturally and philosophically that we are epiphenomena – not dominators of the Earth but products of it'
‘Masterly…packed with riveting examples of how history has been affected by our environment…Fascinating.’
'Frankopan’s view of the past carries a resonant message for our future.'
'The Earth Transformed is Frankopan’s sweeping attempt to forge a new kind of history, one made possible by new technologies that are opening up new ways to study the relationship between our climate and our past.'
'Frankopan’s view of the past carries a resonant message for our future.'
'The Earth Transformed is Frankopan’s sweeping attempt to forge a new kind of history, one made possible by new technologies that are opening up new ways to study the relationship between our climate and our past.'
'Frankopan’s ability to weave together a narrative from all the disparate threads of information, which in this book also extends to a staggering amount of scientific findings.'
'Jawdropping factoids that keep a reader gripped'
'Geeky glee in research, reflected in countless juicy tidbits which seed his books like little breadcrumbs, luring readers on to the next stop on his long and winding narratives.'
'Jawdropping factoids that keep a reader gripped'
'Geeky glee in research, reflected in countless juicy tidbits which seed his books like little breadcrumbs, luring readers on to the next stop on his long and winding narratives.'
'The scale of Frankopan’s ambition is admirable
One can only guess at the eyewatering task of marshalling material from such vastly different fields.
'There’s nothing so infectious as the curiosity and wonder of a talented author delighting in the details of his research'
'Frankopan’s discussion flows effortlessly, buoyed by novel connections.'
'This is surely a book for our time as we ponder extreme weather and how we can mitigate ever-increasing climate risks....Must read…. I remained engrossed until the end.'
One can only guess at the eyewatering task of marshalling material from such vastly different fields.
'There’s nothing so infectious as the curiosity and wonder of a talented author delighting in the details of his research'
'Frankopan’s discussion flows effortlessly, buoyed by novel connections.'
'This is surely a book for our time as we ponder extreme weather and how we can mitigate ever-increasing climate risks....Must read…. I remained engrossed until the end.'
‘An immense work of scholarship.’
'I know of no volume that tells the story with the breadth and depth of Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed. The book’s scope is extraordinary. Its stage is genuinely global, its data comes from every continent and almost every discipline, and its narrative stretches from the origins of the Earth to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.'
'It has the same contagiously lively tone as the author’s justly praised The Silk Roads.'
'I know of no volume that tells the story with the breadth and depth of Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed. The book’s scope is extraordinary. Its stage is genuinely global, its data comes from every continent and almost every discipline, and its narrative stretches from the origins of the Earth to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.'
'It has the same contagiously lively tone as the author’s justly praised The Silk Roads.'
'An epic historical saga’
'Replete with fascinating facts and staggering statistics…eye-popping events, incredible inventions and a profusion of people, renowned and less familiar, populate most pages'
'A superb synthesis of the findings of a bevy of books and bewildering number of specialist articles.'
'Replete with fascinating facts and staggering statistics…eye-popping events, incredible inventions and a profusion of people, renowned and less familiar, populate most pages'
'A superb synthesis of the findings of a bevy of books and bewildering number of specialist articles.'
'An expert guide to the history of human interventions in the landscape, the role the climate has played in altering the history of the world, and how our own species has shaped terrestrial, marine and atmospheric conditions'
'There is much intriguing and disturbing information in this 700-page epic...a wise, well-researched and essential study for our precarious times/'
'There is much intriguing and disturbing information in this 700-page epic...a wise, well-researched and essential study for our precarious times/'
Frankopan 'has attempted successfully, and deftly, what few others have and provided an overarching perspective of the way climatic events and trends, geography and human opportunism have intertwined and defined Homo sapiens’ relationship with the planet.'
‘An absorbing, hugely ambitious and multi-threaded book’
‘An absorbing, hugely ambitious and multi-threaded book’
'Frankopan’s erudition is extravagant, as is his range of sources....Frankopan presents an enormous panoply of cultures and societies affected by widely differing climatic pressures.'
'It should instill in the reader a deep sense of humility, making it easier to grasp how much we resemble the humans who preceded us, no matter how ancient or unfamiliar they are.'
'Frankopan may sound as though he’s debunking the argument that climate has helped determine the shape of human history. But he’s really refining it, giving it greater authority based on better evidence.'
'It should instill in the reader a deep sense of humility, making it easier to grasp how much we resemble the humans who preceded us, no matter how ancient or unfamiliar they are.'
'Frankopan may sound as though he’s debunking the argument that climate has helped determine the shape of human history. But he’s really refining it, giving it greater authority based on better evidence.'
'Like a vast, twisted but very fascinating gothic novel'
'One of the many things I admired about this work was the easy, confident way in which Peter Frankopan encompasses every region of the Earth...Frankopan is engaged with a vast landscape and the broadest themes'
'One of the many things I admired about this work was the easy, confident way in which Peter Frankopan encompasses every region of the Earth...Frankopan is engaged with a vast landscape and the broadest themes'
Previews of The Earth Transformed:
'While climate fiction is still having a moment, this non-fiction heavyweight titled The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan is a major history of how a changing climate has shaped our world, from floods and droughts to storms and the worst winters.'
BBC News: Books of 2023
'There are few big history or politics books at the start of the year (although watch out for Peter Frankopan, of The Silk Roads fame, who has a new book out in March), but lots of buzzy commercial fiction.'
The Sunday Times Culture: 2023 preview
'Revelatory and timely look at how understandings of relationships with the natural world have shaped human history'
Financial Times: The Books to Read in 2023
'Perhaps most of all I can’t wait to get my hands on Peter Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (Bloomsbury, £30), a broad global analysis of how human history has been shaped by our natural surroundings and the changing climate. Frankopan’s 2015 The Silk Roads: A New History of the World was brilliantly written and groundbreaking in tackling global history without Eurocentric bias. The Earth Transformed promises a similar impact.'
The New European: 2023 will be the year books make history
'A sweeping examination of how climate has shaped history, and how humans in turn have shaped climate, from the author of The Silk Roads.'
Guardian: 2023 in Books
'Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters or the most devastating droughts. Peter Frankopan’s history of weather, nature and all the things it’s done to us (and we to it, of course) brings them back to life.'
The Times: The best books of 2023
Best Non-Fiction Books to read in 2023 New Statesman: What to read in 2023
'While climate fiction is still having a moment, this non-fiction heavyweight titled The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan is a major history of how a changing climate has shaped our world, from floods and droughts to storms and the worst winters.'
BBC News: Books of 2023
'There are few big history or politics books at the start of the year (although watch out for Peter Frankopan, of The Silk Roads fame, who has a new book out in March), but lots of buzzy commercial fiction.'
The Sunday Times Culture: 2023 preview
'Revelatory and timely look at how understandings of relationships with the natural world have shaped human history'
Financial Times: The Books to Read in 2023
'Perhaps most of all I can’t wait to get my hands on Peter Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (Bloomsbury, £30), a broad global analysis of how human history has been shaped by our natural surroundings and the changing climate. Frankopan’s 2015 The Silk Roads: A New History of the World was brilliantly written and groundbreaking in tackling global history without Eurocentric bias. The Earth Transformed promises a similar impact.'
The New European: 2023 will be the year books make history
'A sweeping examination of how climate has shaped history, and how humans in turn have shaped climate, from the author of The Silk Roads.'
Guardian: 2023 in Books
'Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters or the most devastating droughts. Peter Frankopan’s history of weather, nature and all the things it’s done to us (and we to it, of course) brings them back to life.'
The Times: The best books of 2023
Best Non-Fiction Books to read in 2023 New Statesman: What to read in 2023