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Скачать книгу (размер 4 002 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 786) Аннотация: A magisterial work of narrative history, hailed in Britain as the best one-volume account of the British Empire and an outstanding book (The Times Literary Supplement), After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. But over the next 150 years it grew to become the greatest and most diverse empire the world has ever seen — ranging from Canada to Australia to China,…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth’s surface was painted red on the map. Where Britain’s writ did not run directly, its influence, sustained by matchless industrial and commercial sinews, was often paramount. Yet no empire…