"This title tells the story of Britain's scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained."
"Follows the British House of Hanover from its rise based on strong relationships with European powers to its fall due to the political damge of the American Revolution."
"& Ldquo;Here is revisionist history at its bracing best & mdash;conceived on an epic scale and achieving originality and analytical rigor without foregoing the pleasures of narrative. & rdquo; & mdash;Christopher Clark."@en

"Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783"@en
"Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783"
"Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire : 1714-1783"
"Three victories and a defeat the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783"
"Three victories and a defeat the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783"@en

Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783