A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about’ Tom Holland’Masterful and engrossing…well-paced, eminently readable and well-timed. A must-read for those who want ? and need ? to know about the China of yesterday, today and tomorrow’ Peter FrankopanChina?s story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK’s pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.