Reviews
" Empireland is brilliantly written, deeply researched and massively important. It'll stay in your head for years." --John Oliver, Emmy Award-winning host of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" Praise from Great Britain for Empireland "Robust . . . an illuminating examination of the 'toxic cocktail of nostalgia and amnesia' that still hugely influences our life today" -- G uardian, "Best Books of 2021" "A fascinating reckoning with a history of empire" -- Guardian, "Best Politics Books of 2021" "Immensely readable . . . simultaneously personal and scholarly. [ Empireland ] addresses many of the questions that are now urgent subjects of public debate - such as Britain's role in the slave trade and the connections between empire and multiculturalism." -- Financial Times, "Best Books of 2021: Politics" "Meticulously sourced . . . Sanghera's uncompromising assessment will certainly face disapproval, especially from those who regard criticism of empire as somehow unpatriotic. But a long, hard look at such a formative period is way overdue." --Reuters "There is something to be said for authors who approach the topic [of empire] in the spirit of engaged curiosity rather than didactic declamation . . . Sanghera is a deft synthesist who sifts through mounds of historical treatises and alights on visceral, often shocking details." --Times Literary Supplement "A balanced and insightful study of the British empire and contemporary attitudes towards it" -- The Times "An exposé and a reminder of how conveniently the British have rewritten the past and buried the bones of their shame . . . a necessary, uncomfortable and illuminating read." -- New Statesman " Empireland takes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but necessary subject" --Jonathan Coe, bestelling author and winner of the European Book Prize "I only wish this book has been around when I was at school" --Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London "This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history" --James O'Brien, journalist and host of "Unfiltered with James O'Brien"
