Heaven'S Command by Jan Morris

Heaven'S Command by Jan Morris

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A second edition of the text originally published in 1973. This title is the first volume in the triptych by the same author, depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire and it centres on the period between Queen Victoria's accession in 1837, and her Diamond Jubilee of 1897.

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Heaven'S Command by Jan Morris

The first volume of Jan Morris's brilliant triptych depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire. In a series of episodes, descriptive passages, character studies and evocations the book tells the story of the Empire from Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897.With a new introduction by the author.
Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother, and when she is not travelling she lives with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her books include Coronation Everest, Venice, The Pax Britannica Trilogy (Heaven's Command, Pax Britannica, and Farewell the Trumpets), and Conundrum. She is also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere. A Writer's World, a collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, was published in 2003. Hav, her novel, was published in a new and expanded form in 2006.
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ISBN 13 9780571194667
ISBN 10 0571194664
Title Heaven'S Command
Author Jan Morris
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2003-02-03
Number of pages 560
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.