The Spectacle of Empire: Style, Effect and the Pax Britannica by Jan Morris

The Spectacle of Empire: Style, Effect and the Pax Britannica

Jan Morris

255 pages first pub 1982 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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The British Empire was one of the most astonishing phenomena of modern history: a quarter of the earth's landmass (almost 11 million square miles) under the suzerainty of a small island off the Atlantic coast of Europe. The empire has been acquire...

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