A History of Britain: The Fate Of Empire 1776-2000 (A History of Britain, #3)

'While Britain was losing an empire, it was finding itself ...' The compelling opening words to The Fate of Empire set the tone and agenda for the final stage of Simon Schama's epic voyage around Britain, her people and past. Spanning two centuries, crossing the breadth of the empire, and covering a vast expanse of topics - from the birth of feminism to the fate of freedom - he explores the forces that shaped British…