Guo Jianlong's Classic Bestselling Collection: Five-Volume Set

Guo Jianlong’s five-book bestseller collection (The Siege of Bianjing + Two Hundred Years of African History + The Silk Road: A Grand History + The Collapse of a Golden Age + The Lost World) brings together five distinctive works by the renowned history writer Guo Jianlong. One explores an unusual episode in ancient Chinese history; another covers two centuries of African history; a third traces more than three thousand years of exchanges between China and the rest of the world; a fourth offers a fresh and comprehensive perspective on the fall of the Tang dynasty at the height of its golden age; and the fifth is the result of a daring, in-depth exploration of the world. Together, these five works showcase the author’s broad horizons, expansive thinking, and penetrating insight, and represent his finest historical writing.