Nomads

In a book of sensitivity and grace, Sattin does not just describe the nomadic way of life, but also evokes it … This is a book of beauty and beguiling rhythm that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders – The TimesThoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic … As fleet and light-footed as its subject, it takes us along a dizzying path, over many of the highest ridges of human history … An important, generous and beautifully-written book – William Dalrymple, author of ‘The Anarchy’A terrific storyteller – New York Times

A fabulous piece of evocative writing, mixing personal stories with an epic sweep of history, the unique insight of location and an intimate connection to the subject. I loved it

– Jerry Brotton, author of ‘A History of the World in Twelve Maps’

Anthony Sattin’s Nomads spreads before us a sweeping panorama of nomadismthat resonates through the past and echoes poignantly even in the present

– Colin Thubron, author of ‘Shadow of the Silk Road’I was riveted by the shifts to nomadic culture, Sapiens-like, and by the feeling of learning lightly worn and deftly transmitted. This is a major book – Roland Philipps, author of ‘A Spy Named Orphan’The saga of the lost mobile cultures and empires that have impacted global history … a spirited defence of freedom of conscience, freedom of movement and migration, a romantic tribute to independence and to free spirit, and to being in tune with the rhythms of nature – Marc David Baer, author of ‘The Ottomans’An incredible work combining brilliant scholarship with an epic, page-turning narrative … His landmark book – Nicholas CraneSweeping … Poetic … Sattin brings together a huge range of material with great elegance, making it not only readable but also vital – Literary ReviewExceptional … tender and beautifully written – Jason Goodwin, Country LifeNomads is a kind of rhapsody on how this aspect of human nature has contributed as much, if not more, to civilization, than the tillers of the soil – Asian Review of BooksNomads is a monumental work, exhaustively researched that sets out to explain nomadism, its importance, rise and decline over the centuries in the minutest detail – Irish ExaminerNot only readable but also vital – Literary ReviewTriumphantly tells the story of another way of living … This is a book that does not labour in the fields but gallops full stretch towards the horizon – SpectatorA much-needed act of historical revisionism – Times Literary SupplementAn unashamedly impressionistic paean to nomadic life interwoven with travelogue and memoir – The Times