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A tremendously creative, well-researched and insightful book. I found myself not wanting to finish, as the book finally started to close the curtain on the British Empire.
This book, and the previous book in the series (Pax Britannica) are must-reads for anyone wanting to grasp the Empire. It is witty, expansive, glorious and ever so mournful. Morris does not shy away from exposing the glories and atrocities of empire, and paints a vivid picture of one of humanity's greatest triumphs and shames.
This book, and the previous book in the series (Pax Britannica) are must-reads for anyone wanting to grasp the Empire. It is witty, expansive, glorious and ever so mournful. Morris does not shy away from exposing the glories and atrocities of empire, and paints a vivid picture of one of humanity's greatest triumphs and shames.
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