Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British - Jeremy Paxman

In the 21st century, the British Empire may be an anachronism, something for which hand-wringing politicians and church leaders may be ever ready to apologise. Many of us have grown up just as the last imperial remnants overseas were crumbling away. Yet its legacy is everywhere, and for better or worse will always be part of the very fabric of Britain. The book As Jeremy Paxman demonstrates in this excellent overview, published as a curtain-raiser to his forthcoming TV series on the subject, the empire is never very far away from us. After a period of trying to distance ourselves from it, the ... more