The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A twentieth-century history by David Edgerton
Allen Lane, $69.99 hb, 711 pp, 9781846147753
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As we await the fate of the United Kingdom in its tortuous process of extricating itself from the European Union, what better time to produce a provocatively titled text purporting to trace nothing less than the rise and decline of the British nation?
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A twentieth-century history by David Edgerton
Allen Lane, $69.99 hb, 711 pp, 9781846147753
ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.
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