Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University and one of the world’s most famous historians. His books, which include The Silk Roads: A New History of the World; The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World; and The Earth Transformed: An Untold History have been global sensations, selling millions of copies and topping bestseller lists around the world. Peter advises governments around the world on geopolitics, foreign affairs, economic policy and national security. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Geographic Society, the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute, Peter is also President of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. According to Le Monde, Peter ranks alongside Marx and Engels in creating a new way of interpreting history. Often described as a ‘rockstar’ academic (BBC, New Statesman, The Times, Der Spiegel), Peter has been called ‘the first great historian of the 21st century’ by Brazil’s DCM magazine.
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