Piers Brendon

Broschiertes Buch

The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire

Beschreibung

No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. Within a generation this mighty structure collapsed, often amid bloodshed, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of an empire, the Commonwealth, overshadowed by Imperial America.

Autor

Piers Brendon is the author of more than a dozen books, including biographies of Churchill and Eisenhower, the best-selling Eminent Edwardians, Eminent Elizabethans and The Dark Valley. He also writes for television and contributes frequently to the national press. Formerly Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre, he is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 562627
• Seitenzahl: 848
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780712668460
• ISBN-10: 0712668462
• Artikelnr.: 23553538

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