false 387885 3 A comprehensive, scholarly and fascinating study of the end of the British Empire.<br><br>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&#8217;s surface was coloured red on the map. Where Britain&#8217;s writ did not run directly, its influence, sustained by matchless industrial and commercial sinews, was often paramount.<br><br>Yet no empire (except for the Russian) disappeared more swiftly. Within a generation, this mighty structure sank almost without trace leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of empire &#8212; the Commonwealth. Equally, it can be claimed that Britain bequeathed its former colonies economic foundations, a cultural legacy, a sporting spirit, a legal code and a language more ubiquitous than Latin ever was.<br><br>Full of vivid particulars, brief lives, telling anecdotes, comic episodes, symbolic moments and illustrative vignettes, <b>The Decline and Fall </b>of the British Empire evokes remote places as well as distant times. 377514 18 10 2007 The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 total:22|5:4|4:13|3:3|2:1|1:1| 22 84 98 6 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 21:33:27 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 21:54:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 17:14:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 18:18:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 22:49:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 23:37:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 12:55:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 12:56:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 05:53:07 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 05:54:25 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 17:14:45 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 03 18:43:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 18:48:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 19:28:04 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 19:28:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 31 06:32:27 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 06:32:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 14:38:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 14:38:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 21:22:08 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 21:42:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 23:47:24 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 23:47:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 12:17:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:18:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 06:40:35 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:40:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 21:09:23 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 21:09:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 22 10:29:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 10:31:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 06:21:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 06:21:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 18 16:26:09 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 16:26:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 31 04:46:03 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 04:46:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 15:43:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 15:43:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 07:58:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 07:58:27 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=387885