Download or read book Unfinished Empire written by John Darwin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the British Empire's beginnings and decline and its extraordinary range of forms of rule, from settler colonies to island enclaves, a one-volume history of Britain's imperium reveals how the modern world came into being.