Pax Britannica - The Climax of an Empire

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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Morris
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2002
• EAN: 9780156028011
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602801-1
• No. of pages: 548
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 764 g
• Series: Helen & Kurt Wolff Book
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories