For such a seemingly small island, Great Britain has permanently painted history red, white and blue. She’s a nation which has bloodied battlefields, surrendered hopelessly and suffered a mourner’s fate over the centuries.
The legacy of the British Empire is vast, sprawling, and extremely complex. There’s a reason we’ve provided a round-up of books written by experts in the field, instead of attempting to explain a brief history in the space of a few short introductory sentences.
