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Title: FAREWELL THE TRUMPETS
By: Jan Morris, Roy McMillan
Format: CD-Audio

List price: £24.99


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ISBN 10: 1843794756
ISBN 13: 9781843794752
Publisher: NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS
Pub. date: 27 February, 2012
Edition: Abridged edition
Description: The last volume of the Pax Britannica trilogy charts the decline and dissolution of what was once the largest empire the world had known. From the first signs of decay in the imperial ambition in the Boer Wars, through the global shifts in power in the two World Wars, it offers a perspective that is honest, evocative and occasionally elegiac.
Synopsis: The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris's magnificent history of the British Empire from 1837 to 1965. It is an extraordinary achievement, as entertaining as it is informative, and as vivid and immediate as it is huge in scope and ambition. This final volume charts the decline and dissolution of what was once the largest empire the world had known. From the first signs of decay in the imperial ambition in the Boer Wars, through the global shifts in power evident in the two World Wars, it offers a perspective that is honest, evocative and occasionally elegiac.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Naxos AudioBooks
Returns: Returnable
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