For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the West and today it is the East which calls out to those in search of riches and adventure. Peter Frankopan, a British academic at the University of Oxford, is the author of The Silk Roads which is now available as a special edition illustrated by Neil Packer. Mary Rose Grieve from Hartland International School reviews it for us and tells us why she’s looking forward to hearing what Joshua Seigal, Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler and Robin Stevens have to say in March.