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25%OFFStephanie Williams - Running the Show: The Extraordinary Stories of the Men who Governed the British Empire - 9780141041216 - V9780141041216
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Running the Show: The Extraordinary Stories of the Men who Governed the British Empire

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Description for Running the Show: The Extraordinary Stories of the Men who Governed the British Empire Paperback. From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were dispatched to strange places, among strange people and faced unimaginable conditions. This book reveals the day-today lives, griefs and triumphs of governors at the height of the British Empire. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 201 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.

Stephanie Williams's Running the Show is a brilliant look at the men and women of Empire.

'May God forgive us for our sorry deeds and for our glorious intentions'

Who were the men governing the Empire in the nineteenth century?
How were they chosen and controlled? Were they sane or mad?
And why did they do it?

From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, ordinary British men and women, with no training, were dispatched to strange places, among strange people and faced unimaginable conditions. Some started wars. ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141041216
SKU
V9780141041216
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Stephanie Williams
Stephanie Williams was born in Canada, the daughter of an army officer. Her mother was born in China, to an Englishman and a young Russian refugee who had escaped the brutality of the Bolshevik revolution. Stephanie grew up moving constantly across Canada, Europe and the United States, before taking a degree in history at Wellesley College, Massachusetts and becoming a ... Read more

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