The Earth Transformed – The Extraordinary History Retold: How Natural Forces Shaped Our History and the World
Peter Frankopan
Oct 2026 · Bloomsbury GB Audio · Narrated by Peter Frankopan
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Bloomsbury presents The Earth Transformed – The Extraordinary History Retold, written and read by Peter Frankopan
From multi-award-winning author Peter Frankopan comes a dazzling edition of his bestselling book, The Earth Transformed.
The Earth Transformed guides readers on an extraordinary journey through the history of our world.
Illuminating how Earth's changing environment has shaped human history, this accessible retelling captures the impressive scale of Frankopan's original bestseller. Beginning with the Big Bang and spanning volcanic eruptions, changing glaciers, disease outbreaks and extreme weather, it reveals how the natural world has influenced the story of humanity right up to the global warming of today.
Discover how natural forces helped shape everything from the rise of great empires to the fall of mighty cities, transforming societies, reshaping trade routes and ultimately changing the course of world history.
By widening the lens of history beyond people alone to include geology and plate tectonics, crop redistributions, deforestation and much more, Frankopan brings the past vividly to life, showing how humanity has been shaped by nature, and how we have in turn transformed the world around us.
- From renowned Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford, Peter Frankopan
- Over 50,000 copies of the original book sold
A must-listen for anyone interested in history, climate, the environment and the forces that have shaped our world.
Praise for the original edition:
THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
A Book of the Year for The Times, Sunday Times, BBC History Magazine, Guardian, Independent and Financial Times
'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history.' — Financial Times
From multi-award-winning author Peter Frankopan comes a dazzling edition of his bestselling book, The Earth Transformed.
The Earth Transformed guides readers on an extraordinary journey through the history of our world.
Illuminating how Earth's changing environment has shaped human history, this accessible retelling captures the impressive scale of Frankopan's original bestseller. Beginning with the Big Bang and spanning volcanic eruptions, changing glaciers, disease outbreaks and extreme weather, it reveals how the natural world has influenced the story of humanity right up to the global warming of today.
Discover how natural forces helped shape everything from the rise of great empires to the fall of mighty cities, transforming societies, reshaping trade routes and ultimately changing the course of world history.
By widening the lens of history beyond people alone to include geology and plate tectonics, crop redistributions, deforestation and much more, Frankopan brings the past vividly to life, showing how humanity has been shaped by nature, and how we have in turn transformed the world around us.
- From renowned Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford, Peter Frankopan
- Over 50,000 copies of the original book sold
A must-listen for anyone interested in history, climate, the environment and the forces that have shaped our world.
Praise for the original edition:
THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023
A Book of the Year for The Times, Sunday Times, BBC History Magazine, Guardian, Independent and Financial Times
'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history.' — Financial Times
Bloomsbury presents The Earth Transformed – The Extraordinary History Retold, written and read by Peter Frankopan
From multi-award-winning author Peter Frankopan comes a dazzling edition of his bestselling book, The Earth Transformed.
The Earth Transformed guides readers on an extraordinary jou...
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Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. He is also UNESCO Professor of Silk Roads Studies at King’s College, Cambridge. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2015) was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller and remained in the top 10 bestsellers for nine months after publication and was named one of the ‘Books of the Decade’ 2010-2020 by the Sunday Times. The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World (2018) won the Human Sciences prize of the Carical Foundation in 2019. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History (2023) was named The Times 2023 History Book of the Year. It was also a Financial Times, Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, Independent, New Yorker and Le Point Book of the Year.
Rômolo D’Hipólito is an artist born in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, with a bachelor's degree in Design. His non-fiction books with Flying Eye have been published in over 10 languages around the world, and his numerous industry awards include a special mention at the Golden Pinwheel Competition in 2019.
Rômolo D’Hipólito is an artist born in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, with a bachelor's degree in Design. His non-fiction books with Flying Eye have been published in over 10 languages around the world, and his numerous industry awards include a special mention at the Golden Pinwheel Competition in 2019.
Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. He is also UNESCO Professor of Silk Roads Studies at King’s College, Cambridge. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2015) was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller...
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