Magisterial history of the foundation of the British empire, and the forgotten story of resistance to its formation
Richard Gott is a former Latin America correspondent and features editor for the Guardian. A specialist in Latin American affairs, his books include Cuba: A New History, Guerrilla Movements in Latin America, The Appeasers (with Martin Gilbert), Land Without Evil, Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution, and Britain's Empire. He is currently an honorary research fellow at the institute for the study of the Americas at the University of London.
Vivid and startling ... Gott's achievement is to show, as no
historian has done before, that violence was a central, constant
and ubiquitous part of the making and keeping of the British
Empire.
*Guardian*
His message is stark but Gott is never shrill. He writes as a
scholar, not an accuser.
*Red Pepper*
A welcome, even necessary, corrective.
*Independent*
Stimulating, inspirational and much needed.
*Morning Star*
Pungent and provocative ... a rich compendium of revolt.
*Scotland on Sunday*
A tour de force.
*History Today*
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