Empire (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Niall Ferguson
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: Includes the end of the Seven Years’ War in 1763, the end of World War II in 1945, and September 11, 2001
- Setting: Worldwide
- Principal Characters: Sir Henry Morgan, Thomas Pitt, John Newton, William Penn, John Lambton, David Livingstone, Rudyard Kipling, George N. Curzon, Cecil Rhodes, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Kitchener
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Colonialism, Twentieth century, Slavery or slaves, Twenty-first century, 1940’s, World War II, Immigration or emigration, England or English people, American Revolution, Eighteenth century, Terrorism or terrorists, Imperialism, Great Britain, Seven Years’ War, Iraq or Iraqi people
- Locales: Earth, Great Britain
Perhaps the last significant words of praise for the British empire were spoken shortly before its last gasp: “Not merely [due] to sentiments which result from the racial origins of our two peoples, [I have come to] the realization of the importance for the whole of mankind to the existence of the British Empire.” The time was April 28, 1939; the place was the Reichstag in Berlin; and the speaker was Adolf Hitler. The last sentiment spoken by the ruler of a rival (and evil) empire, encapsulate the main theme of Empire, British scholar Niall Ferguson’s extraordinary homage...
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