The British Empire and Commonwealth Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2012) Drawing on the latest scientific

Drawing on the latest scientific research and his own scuba-diving adventures

into an exotic ani-mal

inexpensive spot removers including lemon juice

which has influenced thinkers as diverse as Aquinas and Machiavelli

rediscovering the scenes he recorded fifty years or more earlier

The British Empire and Commonwealth Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2012) Drawing on the latest scientificThe history of the British Empire, political, constitutional, and economic, does not receive in the schools of Great Britain the attention it deserves. This does not mean that the importance of the subject is overlooked, but that, in view of the limited amount of time available for the study of history, something has to be neglected. It is hoped that this work, which aims at providing an adequate general account of Imperial development, will be of use