Barry Cunliffe

Barry Cunliffe is one of Britain's most distinguished archaeologists and a former Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. He has written over 50 books on European and British archaeology and history, and was knighted for his services to archaeology. By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is a sweeping history of the peoples who have inhabited the Eurasian landmass over the past 10,000 years, tracing the migrations, trade routes and interactions that have shaped human civilisation. Cunliffe writes with the authority of a lifetime's scholarship and the storytelling skill to make deep history feel vivid and alive. His audiobooks and books are magnificent listening for anyone fascinated by human history on the grandest scale.