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Heaven's Command by Jan Morris

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Summary

Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of empire on places as diverse as Sierra Leone and Fiji.

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Heaven's Command by Jan Morris

First in Jan Morris's classic Pax Britannica Trilogy.

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Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother. She spent the last years of her life 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 and Conundrum. She was 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. In 2018 she was recognised for her outstanding contribution to travel writing by the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, and published In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary.
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ISBN 13 9780571290697
ISBN 10 0571290698
Title Heaven's Command
Author Jan Morris
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2012-10-04
Number of pages 560
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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