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Napoleon warned 'Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world'. Lawrence James's magisterial history analyses the relationship between Britain and China between the beginning of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997. THE LION...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2023-08-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Empires in the Sun
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In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. His...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2016-11-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Churchill and Empire
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A genuinely original biography of Churchill, focusing on his contradictory and lifelong relationship with the British Empire.'A superb history of a memorable subject' Andrew Roberts, bestselling author of CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINYOne of our finest narrative...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2013-07-18

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Télécharger le livre :  The Middle Class
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A compelling and entertaining history of the British middle class'Wonderful' Financial Times'A magisterial, sweeping history' Herald'An enchanting compendium' TLS'Full of fascinating quotations and figures' Literary Review'A rollicking, affectionate romp' The...

Editeur : Abacus
Parution : 2010-12-02

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Télécharger le livre :  Raj
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Raj
This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and...

Editeur : Abacus
Parution : 2010-12-02

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