Chasing the Sun

“An amazing tour de force, a grand history, and an irresistable account of an around-the-world odyssey in search of an elusive moving target.”–Sylvia Nasar, author of “A Beautiful Mind”“A quite extraordinary book, which I absolutely loved. It’s a fabulously provoking history of discoveries, dreams, and delusions. I shall bask in its shimmering digressions, crazy cross-references, and dizzy overviews for many moons.”–Richard Holmes, author of “The Age of Wonder” “Remarkably comprehensive and engrossing … Apollo, Ra, Inti or Huitzilopochtli–all would rock with delight at Cohen’s sweeping endeavor.”–“Kirkus Reviews” (starred review) “A firework of a book … sprinkled throughout with such glittery delights.”“–The Wall Street Journal”” ““On every single page there is something utterly fascinating.”–Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials ”[Full of] playfulness and jam-packed lyricism.“”–The Boston Globe”Advance praise for “Chasing the Sun” ““Chasing the Sun” is both a grand history of civilization and an irresistible account of an around-the-world odyssey in search of an elusive moving target. Richard Cohen collects fascinating stories with the exuberance and erudition of a Victorian explorer filling a curio cabinet with rare specimens. This is an amazing tour de force.“–Sylvia Nasar, author of “A Beautiful Mind” ““Chasing the Sun” is quite an extraordinary book, which I absolutely loved. I found it impossible to read in a few sittings, but sort of sat around regularly sunbathing in its information afterglow. It’s a dazzling solar encyclopedia but also a fabulously provoking history of discoveries, dreams, and delusions. I shall bask in its shimmering digressions, crazy cross-references, and dizzy overviews for many moons.“–Richard Holmes, author of “The Age of Wonder”“From the Hardcover edition.”Advance praise for “Chasing the Sun” ““Chasing the Sun” is both a grand history of civilization and an irresistible account of an around-the-world odyssey in search of an elusive moving target. Richard Cohen collects fascinating stories with the exuberance and erudition of a Victorian explorer filling a curio cabinet with rare specimens. This is an amazing tour de force.“–Sylvia Nasar, author of “A Beautiful Mind” ““Chasing the Sun” is quite an extraordinary book, which I absolutely loved. I found it impossible to read in a few sittings, but sort of sat around regularly sunbathing in its information afterglow. It’s a dazzling solar encyclopedia but also a fabulously provoking history of discoveries, dreams, and delusions. I shall bask in its shimmering digressions, crazy cross-references, and dizzy overviews for many moons.“–Richard Holmes, author of

Richard Cohen is the author of By the Sword, Chasing the Sun, and How to Write Like Tolstoy. The former publishing director of two leading London publishing houses, he has edited books that have won the Pulitzer, Booker, and Whitbread/Costa prizes, while twenty-one have been #1 bestsellers. He has written for most UK quality newspapers as well as for The New York Times Book Review and The Wall Street Journal, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.