The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781 1997

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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781 1997
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781 1997
Author : Piers Brendon
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Publisher : Vintage
Language : English
Release Date : 09 February 2010
ISBN : 9780307388414
Pages : 850 pages
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A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greatest, most diverse empire the world had seen. Then, within a generation, the mighty structure collapsed, a rapid demise that left an array of dependencies and a contested legacy: at best a sporting spirit, a legal code and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire covers a vast canvas, which Brendon fills with vivid particulars, from brief lives to telling anecdotes to comic episodes to symbolic moments.

The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire

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No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly.

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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781 1997

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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781 1997

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