Rise and Fall of the British Empire
Publisher: Time Warner Books UK
Published: November 4, 1999
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781856055277
First sentence: During the summer of 1605 London's theatregoers were diverted by a new play, Eastwood Ho, performed in Blackfriars by a troop of boy actors calling themselves the Children of Her Majesty's Revels.