Metropolis is a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention- the city.
Ben Wilson is the author of five critically acclaimed books, including What Price Liberty?, for which he received the Somerset Maugham Award; the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Deep; and, most recently, Heyday- The Dawn of the Global Age. Born in London in 1980, he has worked in television, broadcast on the radio in several countries, and writes regularly for publications such as The Times, Daily Telegraph and Prospect. He lives in Suffolk, UK.
Brilliant... Enchanting... This is a history of the world told
through its most buccaneering units... And it is full of quirky
facts about London. -- Arjun Neil Alim * Evening Standard *
Compendious and fascinating... Metropolis is crammed with
local colour; and what gives the historical schema its real flavour
is the deviations it allows... It makes you understand why we opted
for cities in the first place, and why, despite the doom and gloom,
I doubt we will be quitting them any time soon. -- Tim Smith-Laing
* Daily Telegraph *
Wilson [is] an erudite, creative guide to the history of
civilization through its great urban areas... He broadens the
book's focus beyond the usual Western suspects... An excellent
account. -- Eben Shapiro * Time Magazine *
Wilson sets out to match Mumford's sweep in Metropolis,
and he brilliantly synthesises the forces that make cities hum.
-- John Gapper * Financial Times *
Capacious, entertaining and rich in wondrous detail, this is a
work of history that pulls of the startling feat of measuring up to
the immensity of its subject matter. -- Tom Holland * Literary
Review *
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