Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783

Simms, Brendan

ISBN 10: 0713994266 / ISBN 13: 9780713994261

Published by Allen Lane, 2007

About this Item

1st edition, 1st printing. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713994266
• ISBN 13: 9780713994261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

In the eighteenth century, Britain became a world superpower through a series of sensational military strikes. Traditionally, the Royal Navy has been seen as Britain's key weapon, but in Three Victories and a Defeat Brendan Simms argues that Britain's true strength lay with the German aristocrats who ruled it at the time.

About the Author

Brendan Simms is a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Reader in International Relations at the Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge and the author of The Struggle for Mastery in Germany, and Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.