{"product_id":"empire-9780670919574","title":"Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe influence of the British Empire is everywhere  from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. It affects everything  from Prime Ministers decisions to send troops to war to the adventurers we admire. From the sports we think were good at to the architecture of our buildings; the way we travel to the way we trade; and  the hopeless losers we will on  and the food we hunger for  the empire is never very far away. In this acute and witty analysis  Jeremy Paxman goes to the very heart of empire. As he describes the selection process for colonial officers (intended to weed out the cad  the feeble and the too clever) the importance of sport  the sweating domestic life of the colonial officers wife (the challenge with cooking meat was to grasp the fleeting moment between toughness and putrefaction when the joint may possibly prove eatable\") and the crazed end for General Gordon of Khartoum  Paxman brings brilliantly to life the tragedy and comedy of Empire and reveals its profound and lasting effect on our nation and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647562768437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0670919578","price":34.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780670919574.jpg?v=1781692972","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/empire-9780670919574","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}