"Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by Abacus, an imprint of Little, Brown UK"--Title page verso

Introduction -- The sun rises. Consuming Ocean Island ; 'The great inter-Britannic council' ; The metropole ; 'Australia unlimited' ; 'A moron from Whitechapel' ; 'The dream of the heart' ; The 'prince of hearts'-'pivot of empire' ; 'Dying races' ; 'The man with a million patients' ; 'Subtle and even more deadly influences' ; Grimble in paradise ; 'Empire bunk' ; Forster and Nehru ; 'Loyal India' ; Amritsar ; 'The moment of moments' ; 'An organization of real power' ; Chinese Malaya ; 'A true Malayan spirit' ; 'Schizoid rule' ; 'Fatherless young chickens' and 'pale strangers' ; An empire of sport -- The sun sets. The lost kingdom ; Imperial Orwell ; The big shoot ; Kenya: the law of rule ; 'A situation of grave peril might have arisen' ; India's America ; 'A red-letter day' ; 'Africa for the Africans' ; Health and education in west Africa ; Freetown's Technical School for Girls ; The economic conference ; The morbid age ; 'The empire's darkest slum' ; 'Not yet'

Includes index