About this Event
Based on the highly acclaimed podcast with over 1 million subscribers, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.
Across the centuries, we journey form the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijanyanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztec empires of the Americas; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui.
With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these civilizations, getting to the heart of the human dramas that unfold against the backdrop of a disintegrating society, asking what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time as they witnessed the end of their world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Cooper was born in South London and grew up in Cardiff. He is a podcaster,
historian and the author of two acclaimed historical novels, River of Ink (2016) and All Our Broken Idols (2020). He gained his PhD in the cultural and literary significance of ruins from the University of East Anglia, and has taught there and at Warwick. He has written for the New York Times, the BBC, National Geographic, New Scientist and Discover magazine. He writes, produces and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast, which has charted in the top ten British podcasts, and since its launch in 2018 has garnered over 100 million downloads and over 1 million YouTube subscribers. Paul lives in Norwich.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St Mary's Church Guildford with Guildford Methodist Church, Quarry Street, Guildford, United Kingdom
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