UK Hardback (2012)
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Peter's book, The First Crusade: The Call from the East, was published to wide acclaim by Bodley Head (a division of Random House) and Harvard University Press in 2012. Described as ‘an astonishing debut from a gifted young historian’, it was shortlisted for several prestigious awards, including the Criticos prize and the Royal Historical Society's Gladstone Prize.
Using sources from the east in Greek, Armenian, Arabic and Syriac that have been overlooked or ignored, Peter's book sets out a new revolutionary story of one of the best known events in history that looks at the Crusades from Constantinople, capital city of the Byzantine Empire, Asia Minor and Palestine. It was hailed as 'the most significant contribution to re-thinking the origins and causes of the First Crusade for a generation' (TLS). It has been translated into a dozen languages, including French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Vietnamese and Chinese |
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‘A remarkable book’
Jonathan Sumption, Literary Review 'A dazzling book, perfectly combining deep scholarship and easy readability' John Julius Norwich ‘Readable and carefully researched ...utterly convincing' The Washington Post 'The world's leading Byzantine scholar' Hürriyet |
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'In every sense this book is important, compellingly revisionist and impressive in its scholarly use of totally fresh sources', Simon Sebag-Montefiore
'The most significant contribution to re-thinking the origins and causes of the First Crusade for a generation', Mark Whittow, Times Literary Supplement
‘Scholarly...accessible...vibrant....5 stars', Daily Telegraph
Best Military Books of the Year 2012, The Times
'Rich in detail...this book explains why 80,000 crusaders were drawn to the real first world war', The Independent
'Convincing and accessible', Sunday Times
'The most significant contribution to re-thinking the origins and causes of the First Crusade for a generation', Mark Whittow, Times Literary Supplement
‘Scholarly...accessible...vibrant....5 stars', Daily Telegraph
Best Military Books of the Year 2012, The Times
'Rich in detail...this book explains why 80,000 crusaders were drawn to the real first world war', The Independent
'Convincing and accessible', Sunday Times
Peter talks to The Times about The First Crusade and the challenge of over-turning a millennium of scholarship. To read the article, click here
The Times June 2015
'How to Get Into Eton: Books Every Bright 16 Year Old Should Read' |
In 2015, the Headmaster of Eton, Tony Little's nominated 40 Books Every Bright 16 Year Old Should read.
Peter's, The First Crusade: The Call from the East, features alongside Homer, The Iliad; Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels; Charles Dickens, David Copperfield; Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita; JK Galbraith, The Affluent Society Tony Little, An Intelligent Person's Guide to Education (2015) |
Italian edition (2013)
Lecture and Book Launch (2012)
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Dutch edition (2012)
Polish edition (2015)
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