My Top 5 Books about the British Empire

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The five books are:

'The Rise and Fall of the British Empire' by Lawrence James
'Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World' by Niall Ferguson
'Pax Britannica' by Jan Morris
'The Great Game' by Peter Hopkirk
'Empire of the Seas: How the Navy forged the modern world' by Brian Lavery

I work in publishing, but am unconnected to any of these books or the publishers concerned. I genuinely really like them. I also start with my favourite, rather than going in a countdown, so if you only have a minute spare to watch this video, you get the good stuff right away.

I hope you like this!

...and quite genuinely, I'd be interested to hear your book recommendations for British Imperial history. These are all factual, perhaps at a later point I'll cover my favourite works of fiction about the British Empire. As I say in the video; fiction never lies.  

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