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My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would... Continue »
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Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire

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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

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About the Author

Jan Morris 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 other books include Last Letters from Hav, Fifty Years of Europe, Conundrum, Hong Kong, Oxford, The World of Venice, and Farewell the Trumpets.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156714662
Subtitle:
Climax of an Empire
Author:
Morris, James
Author:
Morris, Jan
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Great britain
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History
Subject:
World
Subject:
World politics
Subject:
World politics -- 19th century.
Subject:
Great Britain
Subject:
Europe - Great Britain - General
Subject:
World - General
Copyright:
1968
Edition Number:
1st Harvest/HBJ ed.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series:
Harvest/HBJ Book
Series Volume:
t. 8/1-2
Publication Date:
1980
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
552
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in
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