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Pax Britannica Jan Morris

Pax Britannica By Jan Morris

Pax Britannica by Jan Morris


$15.49
Condition - Very Good
5 in stock

Summary

A second edition of the text originally published in 1978. This title is the second volume in the triptych by the same author, depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire and it centres on the Diamond Jubilee of 1897.

Pax Britannica Summary

Pax Britannica by Jan Morris

The second volume of Jan Morris's brilliant triptych depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire, in which the author describes the Empire at its moment of climax at the Diamond Jubilee of 1897, and elaborates on that tangled, sprawling and magnificent edifice.With a new introduction by the author.

About Jan Morris

Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother, and when she is not travelling she lives with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her books include Coronation Everest, Venice, The Pax Britannica Trilogy (Heaven's Command, Pax Britannica, and Farewell the Trumpets), and Conundrum. She is also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere. A Writer's World, a collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, was published in 2003. Hav, her novel, was published in a new and expanded form in 2006.

Additional information

GOR001267064
9780571194674
0571194672
Pax Britannica by Jan Morris
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Faber & Faber
20030203
544
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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