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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'You need to read this book' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment
'Cooper is a phenomenon' Max Hastings, Sunday Times
**Based on the hit podcast with over 200 million streams**
The world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome to…
Why read it?
1 author picked Fall of Civilizations as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In 2019, British historian/novelist Paul M.M. Cooper began issuing an elaborately detailed and emotionally stirring podcast about long-gone civilizations, explaining where they came from, how they triumphed, and why they ultimately faded to dust. Cooper accomplished the rare trick of making sense of long stretches of human history while still taking time to focus on the surviving words of some of the people involved.
After some 20 hefty podcast episodes, Cooper adapted thirteen of his sagas into book form, having them now run essentially chronologically. For those not familiar with the podcast, it is a great form of introduction.…
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