the earth Transformed - 2 march 2023.
Our world has always been one of transformation, transition and change. From the Big Bang to the present day, solar activity, volcanic eruptions, floods and droughts have shaped natural history and that of humankind. The ways in which we have used, exploited and adapted the earth has brought enormous benefits – but has often come at a cost. As we face a precarious future, learning lessons from the past has never been more important
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.
Out on 2 March 2023 in the UK.
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.
Out on 2 March 2023 in the UK.
The Earth Transformed is 'an epic survey of our interaction with the environment', says Walter Scheidel in The Financial Times.
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.
The Earth Transformed is 'a gripping story of how the Earth shaped human experience' says Gerard DeGroot in The Times, 'an easy read on an important issue.'
It is 'an endlessly fascinating book' that has 'the intellectual weight and dramatic force of a tsunami.'
It is 'an endlessly fascinating book' that has 'the intellectual weight and dramatic force of a tsunami.'
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