British Empire

In a short and concise manner, this book puts forward a definitive account on the impact of the British Empire on the world at large and how, in turn, it changed Britain itself. Less than one percent of the world’s landmass and its population that is Britain controlled nearly a quarter of the world’s geography and a quarter of mankind. How did the British manage to create and rule an empire of such gigantic proportions? These pages attempt an answer.

Translated from the French original by Callie Wilkinson and Deb Choudhury

Originally published in French by PUF, Paris