Heaven's Command
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Great travel accounts.
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1 author picked Heaven's Command as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
By her own admission, Morris was nostalgic about British Empire, and while I disagree with some of her conclusions, and she herself remarked that she was “ashamed” of the work before she died, there is no doubt that she penned the single best narrative of Britain’s imperial adventures.
No other writer has written so accessibly and elegantly about a complicated history that extended across five centuries.
For me, proof that you don’t always need to agree with a writer to admire them.
From Sathnam's list on the British Empire's impact on the world.
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