The Pax Britannica Trilogy Books in Order
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The Pax Britannica Trilogy books in publication order
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Pax Britannica
by Jan Morris
1968
Jan Morris portrays the British Empire at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, examining its reach, confidence, and self-image. Figures, traditions, ambitions, and contradictions illuminate a moment when imperial power appeared to stand at its fullest strength.
Heaven's Command
by Jan Morris
1973
Jan Morris traces the British Empire's expansion from Victoria's accession to her Diamond Jubilee. Ships, plantations, gardens, settlements, and far-flung territories reveal the workings and consequences of an imperial project extending from African kingdoms to Pacific islands.
Farewell The Trumpets
by Jan Morris
1978
The concluding volume of Jan Morris's imperial history follows Britain's retreat from empire toward Winston Churchill's death in 1965. Battles, ceremonies, landscapes, and individual lives shape an account of diminishing power and the transformations accompanying its loss.
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