The Prize

Now with a new epilogue, The Prizerecounts the panoramic history of one of the world's most important resources: oil.

"Spellbinding...irresistible...monumental...must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history."

"A masterly narrative... The Prize portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies."

"Splendid and epic history of oil.... The story is brilliantly told...with its remarkable cast of characters."

"Impassioned and riveting...only in the great epics of Homer will readers regularly run into a comparable string of larger-than-life swashbucklers and statesmen, heroes and villains."

Daniel Yergin is a writer of international renown and president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading firm on political risk and economic analysis. He is consulted by ministers, politicians, CEOs and investors around the world.