Entente Imperial
Author: Gillin, Edward
ISBN: 9781398102897
RM116.00
PublisherAmberley PublishingPublication DateFormat HardcoverWeight No. of Pages 288
In the 1850s, the very moment at which British power climaxed, the author shows how Britain worked alongside its only European rival, France, to exert unprecedented influence throughout the world. Together, France and Britain went to war in Russia and China, established the world's first free-trade treaty, considered shared measurements for trade and the arts, and initiated the Suez Canal's construction. This was a profound moment of Anglo-French integration and European hegemony, but from 1860 until 1904 the two nations drifted apart.
