"In The Great Wall Explained, William Lindesay offers everything you ever wanted to know about the greatest architectural monument on the planet. Richly written and lavishly photographed, the words and images of the book present a geographic and temporal outline of the story of China. Just as the Great Wall runs the width of China, its story reaches back through a// the eras of the Chinese nation and touches on every important episode in its history. In this valuable work of research, William Lindesay gives us a map into the Chinese soul. " —Prof. Jack Weatherford, author 'Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'.