Empireland : How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain

Empireland : How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern BritainTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' JamesO'Brien In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear eyed and full of acerbic wit, Sanghera shows how our past is everywhere: from

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