'Brilliant and fearless... This is history on a grand scale' - William Dalrymple, Guardian 'Immensely entertaining. Many books have been written which claim to be "A New History of the World". This one fully deserves the title... So ambitious, so detailed and so fascinating' - The Times
Shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Chosen as a Book of the Year by THE GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY EXPRESS, IRISH TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK, PEOPLE, KIRKUS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND GOODREADS
The spellbinding first adventure in the Harry Potter series and Winner of Winners in the 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards - voted for by children to celebrate twenty years of Blue Peter's amazing prize.
