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PAX BRITANNICA
THE CLIMAX OF AN EMPIRE, VOL 2 PAX BRITANNICA TRILOGY |
| By: |
Jan Morris |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
057129071X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571290710 |
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| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2012 |
| Edition: |
2nd edition |
| Pages: |
576 |
| Description: |
Recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This book portrays a nation at the very height of its vigour and self-satisfaction, imposing on the rest of the world its traditions and tastes, its idealists and rascals. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This classic work of history portrays a nation at the very height of its vigour and self-satisfaction, imposing on the rest of the world its traditions and tastes, its idealists and rascals. The Pax Britannica Trilogy also includes Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress and Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat. Together these three works of history trace the dramatic rise and fall of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Jan Morris is world-renowned for her collection of travel writing and reportage, spanning over five decades and including such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, A Writer's World and most recently, Contact! "In scholarship and humour this portrait of the British Empire before its decline and fall might, without undue optimism, be placed upon the same shelf as Edward Gibbon's history.As a survey of its subject, I doubt that Pax Britannica can ever, in this generation be surpassed." (Financial Times). |
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UK |
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Faber & Faber |
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Returnable |
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