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Pax Britannica The Climax of an Empire

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The Rest Is History

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The Rest Is History

The upcoming title was mentioned as a book slated for release in July of the following year.

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The theme of a book that is coming out next year in July, Pax.

— Episode: 290: 2022: A History

Episode: 290: 2022: A History

The upcoming title was mentioned as a book slated for release in July of the following year.

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The theme of a book that is coming out next year in July, Pax.

Empire: World History

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Empire: World History

It was described as the first attempt to put the whole history of the British Empire into a single multi-volume work. It was considered by the author as her greatest work and legacy.

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When Jan Morris wrote her wonderful Empire Trilogy Pax Britannica in the 1970s, which in a sense was the sort of first time that anyone attempted to put the whole history of British Empire into a sing...

— Episode: 146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which...

Episode: 146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Sun N...

It was described as the first attempt to put the whole history of the British Empire into a single multi-volume work. It was considered by the author as her greatest work and legacy.

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When Jan Morris wrote her wonderful Empire Trilogy Pax Britannica in the 1970s, which in a sense was the sort of first time that anyone attempted to put the whole history of British Empire into a single multi volume work and Jan Morris who died last year and who was a great friend of mine very much saw it as her greatest work and her legacy.

She opens if I remember correctly the second volume Pax Britannica with the Great Exhibition and for her it was the climax of Empire.

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