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Piers Brendon is the author of more than a dozen books, including biographies of Churchill and Eisenhower, the bestselling Eminent Edwardians and The Dark Valley, a highly praised history of the 1930s. He also writes for television and contributes frequently to the national press. Formerly Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre, he is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.
A monumental new history The Times This is a huge and hugely impressive book, mighty in scale as its subject, elegantly written and rigorous in its research Daily Telegraph Magnificent...a narrative masterpiece. The settings are exotic, the cast of thousands full of the most eccentric, egotistical, paranoid, swashbuckling players you are likely to meet in any history -- Richard Overy Sunday Telegraph A provocative, marvellously readable account Financial Times Brilliant... A masterpiece of historical narrative. No review can hope to do justice to the depth of Brendon's research, the balance and originality of his conclusions, or the quality and humour of his prose. Our imperial story has been crying out for a top-flight historian who can write. Now it has one Literary Review
