The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire 1781 - 1997 by Piers Brendon
By Mel Fabrikant Monday, August 16, 2010, 03:20 PM EDT
A non-reader of history would find this huge volume both interesting and in some cases humorous! Piers Brendon delves into the British Empire history affording the reader tremendous insight into the whys and wherefores! Although he compares himself to Edward Gibbon, another prolific historian and author of ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’, Brendon salutes Gibbon as the master. The book touches the pitfalls of the American Revolution and updates the British Empire into more modern times.
Piers Brendon has the ability to link together many facets of our history and even to compare them along the trails of history. He points out that Tsar is a derivative of Caesar, that many prominent ‘leaders’ in our past followed many of the patterns from the Roman Empire. The book is well documented with maps, a huge source quotation list and a larger index loaded with prominent names like Churchill, Feud,, Napoleon and Hitler.
It seems that Burgoyne and Cornwallis had other interests and that war was somewhat of a sideline, Burgoyne had drama and Cornwallis his women. Sparing nobody, Brendon has examined the foibles of mankind during this period, their thought, their success and, of course, their failures.
History buffs will delight in reading this version which is over six hundred pages in length.
The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire 1781 - 1997 by Piers Brendon, published by Vintage Books www.vintagebooks.com is available for your pleasurable reading!
Piers Brendon has the ability to link together many facets of our history and even to compare them along the trails of history. He points out that Tsar is a derivative of Caesar, that many prominent ‘leaders’ in our past followed many of the patterns from the Roman Empire. The book is well documented with maps, a huge source quotation list and a larger index loaded with prominent names like Churchill, Feud,, Napoleon and Hitler.
It seems that Burgoyne and Cornwallis had other interests and that war was somewhat of a sideline, Burgoyne had drama and Cornwallis his women. Sparing nobody, Brendon has examined the foibles of mankind during this period, their thought, their success and, of course, their failures.
History buffs will delight in reading this version which is over six hundred pages in length.
The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire 1781 - 1997 by Piers Brendon, published by Vintage Books www.vintagebooks.com is available for your pleasurable reading!
