A sumptuously illustrated portrait of the Indian subcontinent by one of Britain's finest historians.
Michael Wood is a highly respected author and TV presenter. He was born in Manchester and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he did post-graduate research in Anglo-Saxon history. A broadcaster and film-maker, Michael has over eighty documentary films to his name. BBC Books have published Michael's previous TV tie-in titles, including In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great, Conquistadors, In Search of Shakespeare and In Search of Myths and Heroes. Michael is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
"Michael Wood is the maker of some of the best television
documentaries ever made on history and archaeology"
*Times Literary Supplement*
"Wood is a perceptive, entertaining and enthusiastic companion"
*Sunday Times*
"Michael Wood is a superb teacher and story teller ... confirmation
of the fact that history, well told, can be alive and
compelling"
*Los Angeles Times*
"A marvellously vivid portrait of India's 10,000-year-old cultural
and religious history...Gorgeously illustrated and intelligently
written, this is both an erudite and entertaining history"
*Sunday Telegraph*
"This is a beautifully illustrated cultural history, a traveller's
tale and a compelling and readable guide to the rise and rise of a
civilisation"
*The Good Book Guide*
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