After Tamerlane by John Darwin book cover

After Tamerlane

By John Darwin
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Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today. From the death of Tamerlane in 1405, to America's rise to world "hyperpower," to the resurgence of China and India as global economic powers, After Tamerlane is a grand historical narrative that offers a new perspective on the past, present, and future of empires.

“Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.“

Gabriel García Márquez