Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783 - Couverture souple

Simms, Brendan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140289844 ISBN 13 : 9780140289848

Editeur : Penguin, 2008

Synopsis

'Studded with brilliant vignettes and arresting insights, Simms's marvellous narrative presents an original and provocative account not only of the rise and decline of British eighteenth-cetury imperial power, but also of the processes that formed the modern global system' Christopher Clark

This highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain’s extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained.

Whilst Britain was an important European power, few would have expected her global preeminence by 1760, but as Brendan Simms shows with great flair and originality, Britain had a crucial card to play. It was the joining of the British crown to Hanover that gave Britain two empires: one scattered around the world and another – the more important of the two - firmly locked into Germany. Having created a new empire Britain then spectacularly lost it, this time because of its chaotic failure to maintain its European alliances. This is an epic and often unexpected story, and Simms tells it brilliantly.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Brendan Simms is Professor of the History of International Relations at the University of Cambridge. His major books include Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize), Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present, and Hitler: Only the World Was Enough.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140289844
• ISBN 13: 9780140289848
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 832
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• Personne responsable: non disponible