With the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese government in 1997, the empire that had lasted three hundred years and "upon which the sun never set" finally lost its hold on the world and slipped into history.
In this incisive work, David Cannadine looks at the British Empire from a new perspective--through the eyes of those who created and ruled it--and.
But the question of how we understand the British Empire--its origins, nature, purpose, and effect on the world it ruled--is far from settled.
With the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese government in 1997, the empire that had lasted three hundred years and "upon which the sun never set" finally lost its hold on the world and slipped into history