The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon

The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon

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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.

Piers Brendon was born in Cornwall and educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Winston Churchill: A Brief Life, The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s and The Decline and Fall of the British Empire. He contributes widely to the national press; gives lectures, popular as well as academic; and does work for television on both sides of the camera, notably on such series as The Churchills and The Windsors, which was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award. Formerly Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre, he a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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ISBN 13	9780307388414
ISBN 10	0307388417
Title	The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
Author	Piers Brendon
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Three Rivers Press
Year published	2010-02-09
Number of pages	848
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