THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE covers the history of British expansion overseas from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Narrative and analysis are interwoven with revealing eyewitness quotation to provide keen insight into the minds of those involved in conquering settling and ruling the greatest Empire the world has seen. Throughout there are consistant themes; the search for profit and the moral misgivings it generated; domestic developments which made imperial expansion desirable; and the sense of national and personal destiny felt by the empire-builders. Spanning four centuries and six continents James' magnificent survey examines the imperial experience and its legacy with tremendous verve. Informed comprehensive and perceptive it is the essential summary of the era. 'James' epic is not only a first-rate narrative but also a penetrating portrait of the British...Having largely if often inadvertently selfishly or ham-fistedly engineered the world we live in we need the courage now to face up to our record as coolly and intelligently as Lawrence James has done' - John Spurling TLS
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