Без поддержки своих оксфордских коллег из Колледжа Иисуса и с исторического факультета я не сумел бы найти время для того, чтобы написать книгу, а тем более снять сериал. В частности, я хотел бы поблагодарить Бернхарда Фульду, Фелисити Хил и Торлу Стоуна.

Моя семья помогла мне больше узнать о собственном имперском прошлом. Я особенно хотел бы поблагодарить родителей — Молли и Кэмпбелла Фергюсонов, мою бабушку Мэй Гамильтон, родителей моей жены — Кена и Вивьен Дуглас, мою кузину Сильвию Питере из Канады. Наконец, я должен поблагодарить Сьюзен, Феликса, Фрейю и Лахлана — тех, кто нес вахту дома, как и многие семьи в прошлом, дожидавшиеся своих кормильцев, которые дрались за империю.

В труде, требующем совместных усилий, неизбежны ошибки. Многие внимательные читатели любезно сообщили о тех, которые закрались в текст издания в твердом переплете. В частности, я хотел бы поблагодарить зоркого г-на Л. В. Хэя. Я несу полную ответственность за все оставшиеся ошибки.

Я не стремился привести здесь исчерпывающую библиографию по имперской истории: она заняла бы слишком много места. Ниже я перечислил основные труды, на которые опирался в своем исследовании, а также книги для дополнительного чтения, на которые я хотел бы обратить внимание читателей.

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