Simms, Brendan. <br/><br/>
Three victories and a defeat :  the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783 / 
Brendan Simms. 
 - London :  Allen Lane,  2007. 
 - xvii, 801p. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780713994261 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.<br/>Great Britain--History--George I, 1714-1727.<br/>Great Britain--History--George II, 1727-1760.<br/>Great Britain--History--1760-1789.<br/>Great Britain--Foreign relations--1714-1837.