Bold Quote by Kwasi Kwarteng

Emma Rothschild's magnificently researched and lucidly written book reveals the many connections and layers of empire without in any way undermining the less edifying…

— Rudrangshu Mukherjee

There seems to be no end of books about the British empire, and the fascination it holds for historians of all descriptions is inexhaustible.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

I think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the functions of…

— Niall Ferguson

“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control…

— Edward W. Said

Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control…

— Edward Said

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not…

— William Blake

“The Empire is a force unprecedented in any age, poised to end history itself. No one should confront it alone.”

— Alexander Freed

My view as a historian is that the empire was an extractive, exploitative, racist and violent institution and that the history of empire is…

— David Olusoga

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.

— William Landay

Novels arise out of the shortcomings of History.

— Anonymous

“Men delude themselves into thinking that the events in which they participate are of particular significance to history, but they rarely are. One empire…

— Paul S. Kemp

An empire is an immense egotism.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson