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 · Jan Morris ( - ) served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire by Jan Morris (0) Paperback (First Edition) $ Ship This Item — Not Eligible for Free Shipping. Buy Online, Pick up in StoreISBN The year is the peg upon which Jan Morris hangs her overview of the British Empire in the hour of its greatest glory. because it was the year of Victoria's golden jubilee, Queen for sixty years. As we approach a similar milestone in the reign of Elizabeth II the book acquires added piquancy/5(44).  · Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire by Jan Morris. Click here for the lowest price! Paperback, ,

Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Harvest Book Ser.: Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire by Jan Morris (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! CD-Audio US$ 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 , celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This classic work of history portrays a nation at the very height of its vigour and self. Pax Britannica ; the climax of an empire Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Pax Britannica ; the climax of an empire by Morris, Jan, Publication date Topics Great Britain -- Colonies -- History, Great Britain -- History -- Victoria,

The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris's masterly telling of the British Empire from the accession of Queen Victoria to the death of Winston Churchill. It is a towering achievement: informative, accessible, entertaining and written with all her usual bravura. Jan Morris ( - Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire by Jan Morris (0) Paperback (First Edition) $ Ship This Item — Not Eligible for Free. Jan Morris (though, on my Penguin Books copy, she is known as James) discusses the state of the British Empire, using the Jameson Raid as her central point, fundamentally with an emphasis of - when the ‘Pax Britannica’ was, as the book lays out, at its height in terms of its imperial power over its subjects at the time.