A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War

'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

'An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry' The Economist

'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' Michael Klare

Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, in-depth l...