Paul Cooper, the “phenomenon” (The Sunday Times), podcaster and author of Fall of Civilizations, will be appearing at Teddington Library on Thursday 14th November for a talk as part of the Richmond Reads festival.

As reported in Teddington Nub News here, the event will begin at 7pm and tickets cost £4.50. Tilly O’Brien writes of Paul:

“The historian and broadcaster has captivated millions with his Fall of Civilizations podcast. In his new book, Cooper’s meticulous research and empathetic storytelling paints a vivid picture of societies triumphs and collapses. Explore history’s most profound lessons at this unmissable event. A book signing follows this event, in partnership with Books on the Rise.”

You can book your tickets here.

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, 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 from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; 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 ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world.

Fall of Civilizations is out now. Grab your US copy here and your UK copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

You can find out more about Paul here and subscribe to his podcast here.