Farewell the trumpets : an imperial retreat
Record details
- ISBN: 1843794764 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9781843794769 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 30 min.)) : digital.
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electronic - Edition: Abridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Naxos, 2012.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Roy McMillan. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 Great Britain -- Colonies -- History Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- |
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Summary:
The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris' magnificent history of the British Empire from 1837 to 1965. 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.