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Dominion (50th Anniversary Edition)
On sale
9th February 2023
Price: £12.99
Genre
The Sunday Times bestseller, with a new introduction by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
‘If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times History Book of the Year
‘Terrific: bold, ambitious and passionate’ Peter Frankopan
Dominion tells the epic story of how those in the West came to be what they are, and why they think the way they do. Ranging from Moses to Merkel, from Babylon to Beverley Hills, from the emergence of secularism to the abolition of slavery, it explores why, in a society that has become increasingly doubtful of religion’s claims, so many of its instincts remain irredeemably Christian. Christianity’s enduring impact is not confined to churches. It can be seen everywhere in the West: in science, in secularism, in gay rights, even in atheism. It is – to coin a phrase – the greatest story ever told.
PRAISE FOR DOMINION
‘A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling’ John Gray, New Statesman
‘Filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths and moral debates… Holland has all the talents of an accomplished novelist’ Terry Eagleton, Guardian
‘This extraordinary book is vintage Tom Holland: history boldly and elegantly retold’ Diarmaid MacCulloch
‘If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times History Book of the Year
‘Terrific: bold, ambitious and passionate’ Peter Frankopan
Dominion tells the epic story of how those in the West came to be what they are, and why they think the way they do. Ranging from Moses to Merkel, from Babylon to Beverley Hills, from the emergence of secularism to the abolition of slavery, it explores why, in a society that has become increasingly doubtful of religion’s claims, so many of its instincts remain irredeemably Christian. Christianity’s enduring impact is not confined to churches. It can be seen everywhere in the West: in science, in secularism, in gay rights, even in atheism. It is – to coin a phrase – the greatest story ever told.
PRAISE FOR DOMINION
‘A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling’ John Gray, New Statesman
‘Filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths and moral debates… Holland has all the talents of an accomplished novelist’ Terry Eagleton, Guardian
‘This extraordinary book is vintage Tom Holland: history boldly and elegantly retold’ Diarmaid MacCulloch
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Reviews
Sustained with all the breadth, originality and erudition that we have come to associate with Holland's writing
If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book is not just supremely provocative, but often very funny
Those who like their history with a dose of lessons about the present will be impressed by Tom Holland's ambitious Dominion
Tom Holland's stupendous new book . . . There isn't a page of this magnificent book that does not contain some
fascinating detail and the narrative is held together with a novelist's eye for character and theme
[Holland encapsulates] so much, so intelligently and entertainingly, in a book that's fizzing with ideas
Tom Holland is fun to read, monstrously erudite, wickedly joyful, and ahead of the established consensus, on average, by four years, three months, and two days
Definitely my book of the year
A brilliant meditation on how Christianity in its Latin and Protestant forms entirely changed the way humans conceive life and their relationship to each other
An absorbing survey of Christianity's subversive origins and enduring influence is filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths and moral debates . . . Holland has all the talents of an accomplished novelist: a gift for narrative, a lively sense of drama and a fine ear for the rhythm of a sentence
This extraordinary book is vintage Tom Holland: history boldly and elegantly retold, with fascinating interconnections traced to create a narrative that cannot fail to stimulate, for it leads to a never-ending question
Holland is an illuminating guide on a journey from Ancient Athens to 21st-century gay rights
An all-absorbing story
This book has ruffled feathers . . . lyrical, vivid
A bravura swing through centuries of Western European history . . . a cornucopia of characters and information: almost everyone would learn from it something they didn't know . . . the range and unobvious sweep of his narrative are most impressive
I love the sweep of it
An erudite and fascinating look at the enduring legacy of Christianity, which, as numbers of believers are dwindling
Holland is an exceptionally good storyteller with a marvellous eye for detail
Fizzing with insights and challenges, this is one history book that is timely and important, as well as a feast of intellectual entertainment
It's not often that you come across a book that completely transforms your understanding of the world
Terrific: bold, ambitious and passionate
A rich and compelling history of Christendom . . . A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling, Dominion surpasses Holland's earlier books in its sweeping ambition and gripping presentation