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Farewell the Trumpets

An Imperial Retreat: Pax Britannica, Vol. 3

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Farewell the Trumpets

By: Jan Morris
Narrated by: Roy McMillan
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The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris’ magnificent history of the British Empire from 1837 to 1965. It is an extraordinary achievement, as entertaining as it is informative, and as vivid and immediate as it is huge in scope and ambition. 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.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©1978 Jan Morris (P)2011 Jan Morris
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Tracing the decline and fall of the British Empire, Jan Morris’ beloved volume of history, Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat, the third volume in the Pax Britannica series, is every bit as entertaining as the first two. Roy McMillan’s vivid performance opens this definitive popular history up and expands its accessibility yet further. His intelligent, thoughtful voice allows the listener to sit back and enjoy the ride from a new imperialist fervor at the close of the 19th century to the death of Winston Churchill, signaling the true end of British Imperialism.

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Jan Morris gives a candid view of the British empire from start to finish. Very insightful and very interesting. Going to buy the book.

The narrator was just the best

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The final volume of the tripling pm the British Empire is well written and well considered. A melancholy winding down of one of man’s greatest undertakings that truly remade the world. Definitely worth a listen to this well read and noble elegy.

Brilliant and moving

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