Folio Society Published Works Number 3460
Ferguson, Niall - Empire - How Britain Made the Modern World
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Ferguson, Niall - Empire - How Britain Made the Modern World (Published in by The Folio Society in 2018. A new preface specifically written for our edition by the author addresses the controversy unleashed by the book's publication. The incisive text is complemented by newly researched contemporary images, including journal entries, maps, photographs and cartoons. Empire brilliantly unfolds the imperial story in all its splendours and its miseries, showing how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers planted the seed of the biggest empire in all history – and set the world on the road to modernity. Bound in blocked cloth with a front-board inset-label printed letterpress, using artwork created by Peter Chasseaud. Set in Nocturne Serif. 440 pages. Title page printed in 2 colours. 32 pages of colour and black & white plates plus 9 maps. Printed endpapers. Plain slipcase. 10" x 6.75". )
