Series: The Pax Britannica Trilogy
by Author Jan Morris
Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress (2003)
We don’t want to fight, but by jingo if we do,We’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, we’ve got the money too! INNOCENTS ABROAD!This is history told through a patchwork of breezy anecdotes — that might not even fit together well enough, but still achieves the objective remarkably well. The narra...
Farewell The Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat (1980)
If you've made it through the first two books of this series, you already know exactly what to expect. If you choose to start here because you're more interested in the post-Victorian reversal of fortune, then it's safe to say you could jump in and not really be lost. You'd miss out, but you woul...
Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire (2002)
This is essential history.Amazon review:I'm in the midst of reading the trilogy, and I must say that, as a history major and history buff, I've never come across a history so well-told and of such consistent quality. And by "quality" I mean not only the quality of the prose itself but the editing...