- Published: 1 December 2010
- ISBN: 9781409077961
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 816
The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
- Published: 1 December 2010
- ISBN: 9781409077961
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 816
Brilliant... Brendon paints a broad canvas yet he never forgets the apt quote or the telling detail. His pen portraits alone are worth the cover price... Quite simply, a masterpiece of historical narrative. No review can hope to do justice to the depth of Brendon's research, the balance and originality of his conclusions, or the quality and humour of his prose. Our imperial story has been crying out for a top-flight historian who can write. Now it has one
Literary Review
The conquest of one quarter of the world's surface was, as Piers Brendon shows in disturbingly entertaining fashion, a story of massacre, famine, rape, torture and loot on a grand scale....Brendon with an acute eye for detail and the tragic-comic bon mot, serves up a veritable gorefest in which all sides slake their lusts
Scotland on Sunday
A monumental new history
The Times
In recent years the British Empire has been the subject of fresh scrutiny... Now Piers Brendon brings his own sharp eye to the debate... This he does superbly: with brio and panache and, often, a mordant wit...This is a real achievement and an important one
Independent