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...The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience, by David Gilmour, Allen Lane, RRP£30, 640 pages Viceroys: The Creation of the British, by Christopher Lee, Constable, RRP£30, 422 pages...
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...Where Britain led the way, with a crime sheet that included Lord Elgin’s vengeful destruction of the Emperor’s Summer Palace, others enthusiastically followed....
...A History of the World in 100 Objects, by Neil MacGregor, Allen Lane RRP£30, 738 pages Radio 4 listeners – and what intelligent, thoughtful Briton is not a Radio 4 listener?...
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