Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain (Hardback)

'I only wish this book had been around when I was at school' - Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' - James O'Brien

'Empireland should be on the compulsory reading list of every secondary school in the country' - John Simpson

'Lucid but never simplistic; entertaining but never frivolous; intensely readable while always mindful of nuance and complexity - Empireland takes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but necessary subject' - Jonathan Coe

'Immensely readable . . . Sanghera's account is simultaneously personal and scholarly' - Gideon Rachmen, FT

'A gracefully written book, but its real beauty lies in its complete absence of dogmatism ... Empireland is not an angry diatribe. It's a sensitive, often uncomfortable commentary on the stubborn influence of empire ... The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not ignoring, the past' - Gerard deGroot, The Times

'In this witty and multi-faceted portrait of our nation, the award-winning journalist and novelist looks with great acuity at how the Empire wrought contemporary Britain' - Bookseller

'[An] impassioned and deeply personal journey through Britain's imperial past and present ... a moving and stimulating book that deserves to be widely read' - The Guardian

'A wonderful, wonderful book' - David Lammy

'A really interesting look at the history of empire - everything we're not taught at school - and how learning that history could change the way we view our country today' - Krishnan Guru-Murthy

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'Tragic, funny and disturbing. It will challenge you, and may even change you.' - The Independent

'Gripping and entertaining, horrifying and tender . . . Exposes all those things we take for granted as we grow up.' - The Times