Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of
Britain's empire Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured
imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the
prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and
the deserts of Arabia. Just how did a small, rainy island in the
North Atlantic achieve all this? And why did the empire on which
the sun literally never set finally decline and fall? Niall
Ferguson's acclaimed Empire brilliantly unfolds the imperial story
in all its splendours and its miseries, showing how a gang of
buccaneers and gold-diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire
in all history - and set the world on the road to modernity. 'The
most brilliant British historian of his generation ... Ferguson
examines the roles of "pirates, planters, missionaries, mandarins,
bankers and bankrupts" in the creation of history's largest empire
... he writes with splendid panache ... and a seemingly effortless,
debonair wit' Andrew Roberts 'Dazzling ... wonderfully readable'
New York Review of Books 'A remarkably readable precis of the whole
British imperial story - triumphs, deceits, decencies, kindnesses,
cruelties and all' Jan Morris 'Empire is a pleasure to read and
brims with insights and intelligence' Sunday Times
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