# The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997

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- Authors: [Piers Brendon](https://www.bookquiver.com/piers-brendon)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0738-841-4
- Pages: 848
- Published: 2010-02-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greatest, most diverse empire the world had seen. Then, within...