EMPIREWORLD, how British imperialism has shaped the globe

449pp., hardback, d.w., Viking, London, 2024

ISBN: 9780241600412

Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland, on the international legacies of British empire.

"This brave, painful, urgent and timely book, is not, in other words, about 'goodies' or 'baddies'. It is about telling the truth about a nation’s imperial past in all its ambiguity - and creating dialogue between everyone who lays claim to Britishness" Jerry Brotton, The Financial Times

"Refined, subtle, accurate, analytical, witty, engaging, and questioning ... this book puts Sanghera in the firmament of great imperial historians. Furthermore, his lucid and accessible writing reaches out to those with closed minds. For that he deserves all the accolades he is sure to get" Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, i newspaper

Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi immigrant parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, with a first class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998. He is the author of Empireland, how imperialism has shaped modern Britain, the memoir The Boy With The Topknot and the novel Marriage Material. He has won numerous prizes for his journalism at The Financial Times and The Times, including Young Journalist of the Year in 2002 and Media Commentator of the Year in 2015. He lives in London.