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Ranging over a quarter of a millennium and four continents, Captives uncovers the experiences and writings of those thousands of men and women who took part in Britain's rise to imperial pre-eminence, but who got caught and caught out. Using the tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters, Linda Colley re-evaluates the character and diversity of the British Empire. Richly illustrated and evocatively written, Captives is both a magnificent and compelling work of history, and a powerful and original reappraisal of the significance of empire now.
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Recensione:
"One of the most exciting and original historians of her generation" (William Dalrymple Guardian)
"Brilliantly corrective, unpeeling the received view that the British Empire was a display of strength, confidence and inevitability" (Julian Barnes Times Literary Supplement)
"A sort of White Teeth version of early imperial history...a completely original intelligence" (Roy Foster Financial Times)
"A brilliantly illuminating study by one of Britain's most distinguished and adventurous historians" (Richard Gott New Statesman)
"The best non-fiction of my year" (Melvyn Bragg)
Descrizione del libro:
"Brilliantly corrective, unpeeling the received view that the British Empire was a display of strength, confidence and inevitability" (Julian Barnes Times Literary Supplement)
"A sort of White Teeth version of early imperial history...a completely original intelligence" (Roy Foster Financial Times)
"A brilliantly illuminating study by one of Britain's most distinguished and adventurous historians" (Richard Gott New Statesman)
"The best non-fiction of my year" (Melvyn Bragg)
A major book by one of Britain's finest historians of Empire.
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- EditorePimlico
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0712698043
- ISBN 13 9780712698047
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
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