Empire: The Modern World
Empire brilliantly unfolds the imperial story in all its splendors and its miseries, showing how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire in all history and set the world on the road to modernity.
Praise for Empire
"The most brilliant British historian of his generation, Ferguson examines the roles of 'pirates, planters, missionaries, mandarins, bankers, and bankrupts' in the creation of history's largest empire. He writes with splendid panache and a seemingly effortless, debonair wit"
— Andrew Roberts
"Dazzling, wonderfully readable."
— New York Review of Books
"A remarkably readable précis of the whole British imperial story—triumphs, deceits, decencies, kindnesses, cruelties and all."
— Jan Morris
"Empire is a pleasure to read and brims with insights and intelligence."
— Sunday Times