Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface
1 Settling by the Seashore
2 War with France
3 First Moves Inland
4 The Only Empire in the World
5 Pause and Expand
6 The Too Vast Orb
7 The Two World Wars
8 Towards Decolonisation
9 After Empire
Notes Further Reading
Index

Promotional Information

For nearly two hundred years, Great Britain had an empire on which the sun never set.  This is the story of its rise and fall

About the Author

Trevor Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Toronto.