Pax Britannica

Informationen zum Autor Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother. She spent the last years of her life 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 and Conundrum . She was 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 . She was recognized in 2018 for her outstanding contribution to travel writing by the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. In the same year, In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary was published. It was followed by a second volume of diaries, Thinking Again, in 2020, and then her posthumously published final book, Allegorizings, in 2021. Klappentext The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. Vorwort The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris captures the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897 and portrays the confusion of a nation filled with poverty and squalor, brilliance and splendour. Zusammenfassung The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour.

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Jan Morris

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jan Morris
• Edition: Faber & Faber
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 31.10.2012
• EAN: 9780571290710
• ISBN: 978-0-571-29071-0
• Pages: 560
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 35 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Epoque moderne jusqu'en 1918; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, c 1890 to c 1899