Description
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world.
Beautifully written, and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading' Peter Frankopan
An absolute masterpiece' James O'Brien
Deeply poignant . . . riveting . . . brave, painful, urgent and timely' Jerry Brotton, Financial Times
_____________________________________________________
2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former British colonies.
The empire''s influence upon the quarter of the planet it occupied, and its gravitational influence upon the world outside it, has been profound: from the spread of Christianity by missionaries, to nearly 1 in 3 driving on the left side of the road, to the origins of international law. Yet Britain''s idea of its imperial history and the world''s experience of it are two very different t
