{"product_id":"nomads-9781473677791","title":"Nomads","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest History Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A book of beauty and beguiling rhythm that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Thoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic . . . an important, generous and beautifully-written book'' William Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ground-breaking story of Nomadic peoples on the move across history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHumans have been on the move for most of   history. Even after the great urban advancement lured people into the great cities of Uruk, Babylon, Rome and Chang''an, most of us continued to live   lightly on the move and outside the pages of history. But recent discoveries   have revealed another story . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWandering people built the first great   stone monuments, such as the one at Göbekli Tepe, seven thousand years before   the pyramids. They tamed the horse, fashioned the composite bow, fought with  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a book of sensitivity and grace, Sattin does not just describe the nomadic way of life, but also evokes it . . . This is a book of beauty and beguiling rhythm that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders -- The Times\u003cbr\u003eThoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic . . . As fleet and light-footed as its subject, it takes us along a dizzying path, over many of the highest ridges of human history . . . An important, generous and beautifully-written book -- William Dalrymple, author of 'The Anarchy'\u003cbr\u003eA terrific storyteller -- New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fabulous piece of evocative writing, mixing personal stories with an epic sweep of history, the unique insight of location and an intimate connection to the subject. I loved it\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jerry Brotton, author of 'A History of the World in Twelve Maps'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Sattin's \u003ci\u003eNomads \u003c\/i\u003espreads before us a sweeping panorama of nomadism\u003cbr\u003ethat resonates through the past and echoes poignantly even in the present\u003c\/p\u003e -- Colin Thubron, author of 'Shadow of the Silk Road'\u003cbr\u003eI was riveted by the shifts to nomadic culture, \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e-like, and by the feeling of learning lightly worn and deftly transmitted. This is a major book -- Roland Philipps, author of 'A Spy Named Orphan'\u003cbr\u003eI was riveted by the shifts to nomadic culture, \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e-like, and by the feeling of learning lightly worn and deftly transmitted. This is a major book -- Roland Philipps, author of 'A Spy Named Orphan'\u003cbr\u003eThe saga of the lost mobile cultures and empires that have impacted global history . . . a spirited defence of freedom of conscience, freedom of movement and migration, a romantic tribute to independence and to free spirit, and to being in tune with the rhythms of nature -- Marc David Baer, author of 'The Ottomans'\u003cbr\u003eAn incredible work combining brilliant scholarship with an epic, page-turning narrative . . . His landmark book -- Nicholas Crane\u003cbr\u003eSweeping . . . Poetic . . . Sattin brings together a huge range of material with great elegance, making it not only readable but also vital -- Literary Review\u003cbr\u003eExceptional . . . tender and beautifully written -- Jason Goodwin, Country Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNomads \u003c\/i\u003eis a kind of rhapsody on how this aspect of human nature has contributed as much, if not more, to civilization, than the tillers of the soil -- Asian Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNomads \u003c\/i\u003e     is a monumental work, exhaustively researched that sets out to explain      nomadism, its importance, rise and decline over the centuries in the      minutest detail -- Irish Examiner\u003cbr\u003eTriumphantly tells the story of another way of living . . . This is a book that does not labour in the fields but gallops full stretch towards the horizon -- Spectator\u003cbr\u003eA much-needed act of historical revisionism -- Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003eAn unashamedly impressionistic paean to nomadic life interwoven with travelogue and memoir -- The Times","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739541647703,"sku":"9781473677791","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473677791.jpg?v=1720052545","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nomads-9781473677791","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}