Stones of Empire
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade
Published: January 27, 1994
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780140177862
Subjects: Architecture; Imperialism; India
First sentence: Like it or not, there was virtue in the Greek sense to the idea of empire, the assumption that one tribe, race, or nation might, by the brutal privilege of force majeure, legitimately lord it over another.