Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire

by Jan Morris

Overview

This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their idealists and rascals, on diverse peoples of the world. Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156028011
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/11/2002
Series:	Helen & Kurt Wolff Book
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	552
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.