Want everyone to add their favourite book. Just one or a few books that have had the most impact on you or left you in awe after reading it.
I'll start it off. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan.
The Silk Roads” is a wonderful invigorating work of history. It is directed to the general reader rather than the specialist. I found it be absolutely riveting.
The essence of the book is that, in the West, our history is viewed through a very narrow lense. Schools teach its students of the Roman Empire, the subsequent Dark Ages, the Norman conquest in 1066, Henry VIII and the Tudors, the American War of Independence, the Industrial Revolution and the First and Second World Wars. The vast bulk of a map of the world from western Europe to China is passed over very quickly. With “The Silk Roads”, Peter Frankopan has attempted to redress this imbalance. <- quick summary
Urging everyone with some time to watch this amazing documentary first (really eye opening and got me too read the book in the first place).
I'll start it off. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan.
The Silk Roads” is a wonderful invigorating work of history. It is directed to the general reader rather than the specialist. I found it be absolutely riveting.
The essence of the book is that, in the West, our history is viewed through a very narrow lense. Schools teach its students of the Roman Empire, the subsequent Dark Ages, the Norman conquest in 1066, Henry VIII and the Tudors, the American War of Independence, the Industrial Revolution and the First and Second World Wars. The vast bulk of a map of the world from western Europe to China is passed over very quickly. With “The Silk Roads”, Peter Frankopan has attempted to redress this imbalance. <- quick summary
Urging everyone with some time to watch this amazing documentary first (really eye opening and got me too read the book in the first place).
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