Pax Britannica
Jan Morris
The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris’s masterly telling of the British Empire from the accession of Queen Victoria to the death of Winston Churchill. It is a towering achievement: informative, accessible, entertaining and written with all her usual bravura. Pax Britannica, the second volume, is a snapshot of the Empire at the Diamond Jubilee of 1897. It looks at what made up the Empire – from adventurers and politicians to communications and infrastructure, as well as anomalies and eccentricities. This humane overview also examines the muddle of jumbled ideologies behind it, and how they affected its 370 million people.
Duration - 16h 20m.
Author - Jan Morris.
Narrator - Roy McMillan.
Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris’s masterly telling of the British Empire from the accession of Queen Victoria to the death of Winston Churchill. It is a towering achievement: informative, accessible, entertaining and written with all her usual bravura. Pax Britannica, the second volume, is a snapshot of the Empire at the Diamond Jubilee of 1897. It looks at what made up the Empire – from adventurers and politicians to communications and infrastructure, as well as anomalies and eccentricities. This humane overview also examines the muddle of jumbled ideologies behind it, and how they affected its 370 million people. Duration - 16h 20m. Author - Jan Morris. Narrator - Roy McMillan. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
Language:
English
Introduction
Duration:00:06:18
Chapter 1
Duration:00:33:03
Chapter 2
Duration:00:25:14
Chapter 3
Duration:00:31:19
Chapter 4
Duration:00:30:08
Chapter 5
Duration:00:33:04
Chapter 6
Duration:00:29:36
Chapter 7
Duration:00:32:14
Chapter 8
Duration:00:58:11
Chapter 9
Duration:00:32:51
Chapter 10
Duration:00:46:23
Chapter 11
Duration:00:33:40
Chapter 12
Duration:00:32:23
Chapter 13
Duration:00:55:08
Chapter 14
Duration:00:52:23
Chapter 15
Duration:00:43:54
Chapter 16
Duration:00:20:58
Chapter 17
Duration:00:40:27
Chapter 18
Duration:00:47:31
Chapter 19
Duration:00:45:45
Chapter 20
Duration:00:44:32
Chapter 21
Duration:00:38:16
Chapter 22
Duration:00:26:59
Chapter 23
Duration:00:48:57
Chapter 24
Duration:00:46:58
Chapter 25
Duration:00:36:25
Chapter 26
Duration:00:45:27
Chapter 27
Duration:00:06:03