After Tamerlane

<p><b>Tamerlane the Ottomans the Mughals the Manchus the British the Soviets the Japanese and the Nazis.</b><br><br>All built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to fail. But as John Darwin shows in his magnificent book their empire building created the world we know today. <br><br>From the death of Tamerlane in 1405 last of the &#145;world conquerors&#146; to the rise and fall of European empires and from America&#146;s growing colonial presence to the resurgence of India and China as global economic powers <i>After Tamerlane</i> provides a wonderfully intriguing perspective on the past present and future of empires.</p>