Farewell the Trumpets
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Farewell the Trumpets

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Farewell the Trumpets

About this book

Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. With characteristic balance, this masterpiece of narrative history describes the long retreat and final dissolution of the British Empire.

The Pax Britannica Trilogy includes Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress and Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire. Together these three works of history trace the dramatic rise and fall of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Jan Morris is also world-renowned for her collection of travel writing and reportage, spanning over five decades and including such titles as Venice, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain, A Writer's World and most recently, Contact!

'The British Empire is fortunate in having found in Morris a chronicler and memorialist who can do it justice. . . Morris writes with inspired gusto, firmly rooted in erudition, which carries the book into the realms of literature.' Sunday Telegraph

'One of our finest writers on Empire - alive to its glory, yet with a beady eye for the corruptions and failures which were at its heart, along with the dreams.' Observer

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Introduction
  7. Epigraph
  8. Contents
  9. Part One: The Grand Illusion 1897–1918
  10. Part Two: The Purpose Falters 1918–1939
  11. Part Three: Farewell the Trumpets 1939–1965
  12. Envoi
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. Index
  15. About the Author
  16. Books by Jan Morris
  17. Copyright