Audiobook How the World Made the West by Josephine Quinn in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Forget everything you thought you knew about the origins of Western civilization. Josephine Quinn's How the World Made the West isn't just a history book-it's a thrilling, mind-bending journey delivered with perfect rhythm in this brilliant audiobook. Forget the dusty textbook image of Greece and Rome as lone pillars; Quinn shatters that myth completely, revealing a vibrant, messy, interconnected ancient world where ideas, goods, and even people flowed across continents like rivers. You'll hear her passion in her measured pacing as she traces how Indian mathematics shaped our thinking, how Phoenician sailors mapped the seas, and how Arabic poetry echoed through European courts-long before the Age of Exploration.
This isn't just a recitation of facts; it's a revelation. As William Dalrymple rightly calls it, "one of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years." And it's so much more than that. The Times declared it "encyclopaedic and monumental," and you'll feel that scope in the audiobook's rich, immersive delivery. Quinn doesn't just list connections; she makes you feel the constant exchange-of war and trade, enslavement and stolen knowledge, desire and diplomacy. The Economist noted it "scintillates with its focus on the unexpected," and you'll keep catching those gems: a forgotten steppe chariot design influencing Roman warfare, a Levantine marketplace buzzing with cross-cultural commerce 2500 years ago.
Simon Sebag-Montefiore nails it: this is "world history at its best." And the audiobook format? It's perfect. You're not just reading a dense academic tome; you're being guided through millennia by a storyteller who makes the ancient world feel urgent, alive, and utterly relevant. Rory Stewart praises its "great confidence, empathy, learning and imagination," and that's palpable in the narration-Quinn's voice carries the weight of deep scholarship while never losing the thrill of discovery. She doesn't lecture; she invites you to see history as a living, breathing conversation across time and space.
This is the history we've needed. It dismantles the myth of a single, isolated Western "birth," replacing it with a story of constant, messy, beautiful exchange-a shared human story we're still living. As the Guardian put it, it's full of "little gem-like shifts of perspective," and hearing it narrated makes those shifts land with incredible power. You'll finish this audiobook not just informed, but transformed. You'll hear echoes of those ancient Levantine markets, Phoenician sails, and Indian scholars in the very fabric of our modern world. It's a book that feels as vast as the history it covers, and this audio version makes that vastness feel personal, immediate, and utterly compelling. Prepare to have your understanding of the West-and your place within it-completely rewritten. This isn't just history; it's the story of us.
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