‘Lester has assembled an A Team of–can we say this now?–experts. The result is an incredibly readable collection that is nuanced, complex, calm and seriously informed–just what we need now on this vital and important subject.’ — Matthew Parker. Out next month: The Truth about Empire:

The Truth About Empire | Hurst Publishers
Foreword by Sathnam Sanghera Sharp, authoritative essays on the dark realities of Empire and the true historian’s importance for democracy, amid history’s appropriation by apologists, racists and cul...