Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress

by Jan Morris

Overview

The opening volume of Morris’s “Pax Britannica Trilogy,” this richly detailed work traces the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837 to the celebration of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156027748
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/04/2002
Series:	Harvest Book
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	564
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jan Morris (1926 - 2020) served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, studied at Oxford University, and was a reporter for the Times and the Guardian before launching into a successful career as a novelist, history author, and travel writer. Her books include Last Letters from Hav, Fifty Years of Europe, Conundrum, Hong Kong, Oxford, The World of Venice, and Farewell the Trumpets.