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Book Cover for: Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire, Jan Morris

Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire

Jan Morris

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

Book Details

  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • Publish Date: Nov 11st, 2002
  • Pages: 552
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.49in - 5.54in - 1.34in - 1.52lb
  • EAN: 9780156028011
  • Categories: Europe - Great Britain - Victorian Era (1837-1901)World - GeneralEurope - Great Britain - 20th Century

About the Author

Morris, Jan: - "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."

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