The Eclipse of a Great Power

by Keith Robbins

Covers both the expansion and the decline of the British Empire and the reasons behind this sudden eclipse in power.

Genres: History

488 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

Keith Gilbert Robbins FRSE FRHistS FLSW was a historian and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter. A specialist in modern British history, Robbins was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and Magdalen and St Antony’s Colleges, Oxford.