PRAISE FOR WAVES ACROSS THE SOUTH A Waterstones History Book of the Year 'Fascinating' Financial Times 'Helps re-centre how we look at the world' Peter Frankopan 'Challenges our understanding of colonial history . [The] outstanding volume takes us on a gripping journey across the globe . [This] magisterial book brings to light a world history that has so far been cast aside by many world historians . A master class in history writing' Olivette Otele 'A breathtaking book. Takes the familiar story of the "age of revolutions" and turns it upside down, putting the voices, the hopes and the struggles of the seafaring peoples of the Indian and Pacific oceans at the heart of his account of how the modern world was forged . Global history at its finest: eloquent, surprising, and deeply moving' Sunil Amrith '[There are] many fascinating stories in this rich and stimulating new history . Turns conventional wisdom upside down, and invites us to follow the making of the modern world from the Pacific instead . This is big history' Spectator.