Colonialism

'Biggar fearlessly goes where few other scholars now venture to tread: to defend the British empire against its increasingly vitriolic detractors ... Those who wish to accuse the Victorians of genocide - who seek gulags in Kenya or Holocausts in the Raj - will probably not risk being 'triggered' by reading this book. But they really should ... Biggar's book simply cannot be ignored by anyone who wishes to hold a view on the subject' Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and author of Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World 'A view of history that one set of modern voices will find outrageous, another considers obvious and reasonable ... His moral analysis has enraged many academics and frightened some publishers. As a not-uncritical child of empire, I think his assessment is fair and accurate. Judge for yourself, but accept that it is important that this case should be put' Matthew Parris, The Times columnist 'A hugely impressive ethical map of empire, based on an encyclopaedic reading of events and the literature around them' Dr Zareer Masani, author of Indian Tales of the Raj 'Wise, readable and full of the kind of information, ammunition and insight we need' Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards, author of The Seven 'A work of true scholarship as well researched, rigorously argued, and well written ... This important book is a serious and substantial contribution to one of the great debates of our times' Andrew Roberts, Professor of War Studies, Kings College London and author of George III 'Uncompromising and compelling ... Biggar contests damaging falsehoods and provides a searching discussion of the core ethical questions that arose from the complex experience of empire, and which still trouble us today' Robert Tombs, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cambridge, and author of The English and their History