Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

A bestselling historian shows how the British Empire created the modern world.

"Scrupulous scholarship and a rattling good tale." -Wall Street Journal

The British Empire was the largest in all history, its reach the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of the Second World War, over a fifth of the world's land surface and nearly a quarter of the world's population were under some form of British rule. Yet for today's generation, the British Empire has come to stand for ...