Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline (Original)
Paul Cooper
(Author)
Description
"A treasure trove of myths and terror... Atmospheric as hell... Immersive."-The TimesBased on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.
Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world.
Product Details
Price
$35.00
$32.55
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Publish Date
July 23, 2024
Pages
576
Dimensions
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Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781335013415
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Paul Cooper was born in Manchester in 1949 and now lives in Wales. He was a professional sculptor at the start of his career, and taught the subject at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1972-74, and then art and design at the University of Lancaster, 1974-86. He was a visiting professor and artist in residence at the Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, in 1984. Paul became interested in garden design in 1984, and later lectured at Central St Martin's College, London, the Inchbald School of Design London, Writtle College, Chelmsford, Essex, and Leeds Metropolitan University. He has won Royal Horticultural Society bronze, silver and gold medals at their garden shows, and his 'Cool and Sexy' garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 1984 caused a sensation, and established him among the most thought-provoking contemporary designers in Britain. He has published four other books: 'The New-Tech Garden', 'Living Sculpture', 'Interiorscapes' and 'Gardens Without Boundaries'. Paul lectures widely and continues to design gardens for private and public clients. He is now recognized as one of the front-runners in the emergence of conceptualist garden design.
Reviews
"Excellent."―Guardian
"Paul Cooper has a historian's cool for what we know and what we don't...but a novelist's eye for vivid details." --Seattle Times
"Paul Cooper's histories of fallen civilizations are brilliantly written: clear, compelling, and ultimately chilling... Full of fascinating detail and nuanced findings, you need to read this book." --Cal Flyn, journalist and author of Islands of Abandonment
"Vividly written and compellingly researched." --Tim Leach, author of The Hollow Throne
"Paul Cooper has a historian's cool for what we know and what we don't...but a novelist's eye for vivid details." --Seattle Times
"Paul Cooper's histories of fallen civilizations are brilliantly written: clear, compelling, and ultimately chilling... Full of fascinating detail and nuanced findings, you need to read this book." --Cal Flyn, journalist and author of Islands of Abandonment
"Vividly written and compellingly researched." --Tim Leach, author of The Hollow Throne