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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire by Piers Brendon (Hardcover, 2007)

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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.Where Britain s writ did not run directly, its influence, sustained by matchless industrial and commercial sinews, was often paramount. et no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly.Within a generation this mighty structure sank almost without trace, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of empire, the British Commonwealth of nations.Equally, it can be claimed that Britain bequeathed its former colonies economic foundations, a cultural legacy, a sporting spirit, a legal code and a language more ubiquitous than Latin ever was. n a book of unparalleled scholarship, Piers Brendon presents the story of the decline and eclipse of British might, the major historical event in the closing stages of the second millennium.Full of vivid particulars, brief lives, telling anecdotes, comic episodes, symbolic moments and illustrative vignettes, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire evokes remote places as well as di

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PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780224062220
eBay Product ID (ePID)26046604864

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Number of Pages816 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Decline and Fall of the British Empire
Publication Year2007
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorPiers Brendon
FormatHardcover

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Item Height240 mm
Item Weight1162 g
Item Width157 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPiers Brendon

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    A perfect title.

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