books.google.ca - Glittering success and near tragedy were the nodal points of Sir Robert Armitage's career during the turbulent final years of empire. Few colonial administrators reached the top so well prepared, yet after only nineteen months as Governor of Cyprus he was peremptorily replaced by a military governor,...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Retreat_From_Empire.html?id=JxDg5VkDWtAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRetreat From Empire