Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi immigrant parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but went on to graduate from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material. Empireland has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards of 2022, and inspired both the Channel 4 series Empire State of Mind and Sanghera's children's book about the British empire Stolen History. He lives in London.
I only wish this book had been around when I was at school
*Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London*
A fascinating reckoning with a history of empire
*Guardian, Best Politics Books of 2021*
A balanced and insightful study of the British empire and
contemporary attitudes towards it
*The Times, Best Paperbacks of 2021*
This immensely readable book is very timely. The account by
Sanghera, a former FT writer, is simultaneously personal and
scholarly. It addresses many of the questions that are now urgent
subjects of public debate - such as Britain's role in the slave
trade and the connections between empire and multiculturalism
*Financial Times, Best Books of 2021: Politics*
An important book and that's not a phrase to use lightly. It's an
exposé and a reminder of how conveniently the British have
rewritten the past and buried the bones of their shame . . . a
necessary, uncomfortable and illuminating read
*New Statesman, Books of the Year*
Robust . . . an illuminating examination of the "toxic cocktail of
nostalgia and amnesia" that still hugely influences our life
today
*Guardian, Best Books of 2021*
This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of
the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared
history
*James O'Brien*
[Empireland] should be on the compulsory reading list of every
secondary school in the country
*John Simpson*
Lucid but never simplistic; entertaining but never frivolous;
intensely readable while always mindful of nuance and complexity -
Empireland takes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but
necessary subject
*Jonathan Coe*
Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera is a salutary reminder of the dark
side of our past. I spend my time trying to help resolve armed
conflicts from Myanmar to Nigeria that are largely caused by the
crass errors of our ancestors. It helps to understand how those
came about
*New Statesman, Books of the Year*
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