{"product_id":"golden-road","title":"Golden Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWaterstones \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eHISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHistory Today \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas,  from the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmpire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003epodcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Richly woven, highly readable ... Written with passion and verve’ \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Dazzling ... Not just a historical study but also a love letter’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding new account ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe most compelling retelling we have had for generations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndia is the forgotten heart of the ancient world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the millennium and a half from c. 250 BC to 1200 AD, Indian art, religion, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world – a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India’s oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the culture and technology of not only its ancient world, but of the world as we know it today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for William Dalrymple and \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A superb historian with a visceral understanding of India’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagnificently readable, deeply researched and richly atmospheric’ Francis Wheen, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395648332158,"sku":"NW9781408864432","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781408864432.jpg?v=1779610956","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/golden-road","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}