One Fine Day : Britain's Empire on the Brink by Matthew Parker

One Fine Day : Britain's Empire on the Brink by Matthew Parker'Breathtaking vital and important. A wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN'Marvellous escapes the inane, balance sheet view of Empire and sees its full complexity' SATHNAM SANGHERA'Excellent his mastery of detail is impeccable' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, Sunday Times'Extraordinary [brings] the world of a century ago to fresh, vivid life' ALEX VON TUNZELMANNTHE STORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AT ITS MAXIMUM TERRITORIAL EXTENTOn Saturday 29 September 1923, the Palestine

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