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The British Empire, by Matthew Parker

The British Empire, by Matthew Parker

The British Empire reached its territorial peak in September 1923.

On 29 September 1923, the Palestine Mandate became law and the British Empire reached what would prove to be its maximum territorial extent. It was now the largest empire in history, covering a quarter of the world’s land area and home to 460 million people. This was...

One Fine Day, by Matthew Parker

One Fine Day, by Matthew Parker

A remarkable book which is the product of many years of meticulous research.

This remarkable book is the product of many years of meticulous research and is so detailed and of such duration that its references are accessible via internet access. It is based on the notion that on 29 September 1923, the British Empire was at its most extensive,...

Episode 108

Episode 108

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Five Favourites: Books on Bond

Five Favourites: Books on Bond

The author of Goldeneye looks at five of his favourite books on James Bond and Ian Fleming.

Books on Bond 5 - Ian Fleming, by Andrew Lycett, 1995. Lycett is an accomplished and celebrated literary biographer; his books on Kipling, Dylan Thomas and Wilkie Collins are close to definitive. He brings the same levels of research and insight to his book on...

Five Favourites: Books on Bond

James Bond and the Fall of the British Empire

For Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, the spectacular collapse of the British Empire after the Second World War was like a bereavement. It even followed — almost to the letter — the classic sequence of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and, finally,...

Matthew Parker

Matthew Parker

What first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? Each book has had a different genesis, although they overlap. The one about the Battle of Monte Cassino, was prompted by a book I was helping on as a freelance editor, called War of Nerves (by Ben...

Episode 108

Matthew Parker

Matthew Parker

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