From the author of the existential thriller 'The Execution' comes 'Colony', a novel set in French Guiana as the age of Empire draws to a close and anarchy beckons.
Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma, George Orwell's first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial ruleBurmese Days describes corruption and imperial bigotry in a society where, 'after all, natives were natives'.
After brief service in the Gordon Highlanders as part of the Army of Occupation of the Rhine post Great War, Sandy Curle sought more adventurous soldiering and in 1923 was seconded to the Kings African Rifles (KAR).
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA'Beautifully written, emotional and deeply personal, yet universal .
This book gives a true account of one sojourners trip through a place that seemed hard to imagine, almost impossible to endure, and too painful to remember.
Apart from the fifteen years that Sher Shah Suri snatched upon defeating Humayun, the flag of the grand Mughal Empire flew over Delhi undefeated for over 300 years.
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In March 1947 Lord Louis Mountbatten became the last Viceroy of India, with themandate to hand over 'the jewel in the crown' of the British Empire within oneyear.
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La Crónica del Perú es el primer relato de la exploración y conquista de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia, así como la primera historia del mundo andino que se inicia en la época prehispánica.
La Crónica del Perú es el primer relato de la exploración y conquista de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia, así como la primera historia del mundo andino que se inicia en la época prehispánica.
The winner of the 2013 Longman-History Today Book Prize is the gripping and largely untold story of the role of the intelligence services in Britain's retreat from empire.
Al ingeniero Miguel Triana (Bogota, 1859-1931) el Gobierno de Rafael Reyes le encargo la exploracion del territorio sur del pais, en el recien creado departamento de Narino (1903), con el fin de explorar un posible camino que uniera la ciudad de Pasto con el rio Putumayo.
In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus.
In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus.
The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires .
In Burmese Days, George Orwell, one of the most famous writers in the English language, draws on his own experience of living and working in Burma to write an unflinching novel about the dark side of imperialism.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________'Deliverance is an intriguing, strangely comforting book that shines a light into a world that's little talked about' - The Mail on Sunday___________________________________________________________________________________ I turned towards the door.
