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Farewell the Trumpets

An Imperial Retreat: Pax Britannica, Book 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.

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©1978 Jan Morris (P)2011 Jan Morris Europe Great Britain World War Imperialism British Empire England Africa Middle Ages United Kingdom Military Royalty Latin American Winston Churchill Middle East Ancient History
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A superb story, beautifully told. Not entirely evil, certainly good in parts and a great tale.

Bob Macfarlane

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This review is for all three large volumes of Mr Morris's brilliant and exhaustive work tracing the rise and fall of the British Empire in exquisite detail. From the grand sweep of history to the obscure backwoods incidents and the always fascinating explanations of all sorts of things and "facts" that we take for granted today which it turns out did not happen in the way traditional history would have us believe.



Another amazing part of the book is as it was written in the 1960s there isno PC rubbish or mincing of words to avoid notional offense given to any race or religion, all are treated equally and their stories told in all the gory details good or bad - this is certainly not a glorious whitewash of the Empire's history it is honest and frank in every way possibe.



The most unusual thing for me are the Irish sections which in mostly tends to be glossed over in the UK and still is today, this however was a relevation to me on the course and history of the "Irish Troubles".



The whole thing is a must for anybody interested in World History, I doubt I could have sat and read the books but on Audio they are brilliant.



Jonah

Very Long, Educational and Fascinating

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Review for book (and trilogy) - fantastic

Review for audible.com - please stop minimum words for a review. Some of us simply want to star it and write ‘brilliant book’

Balanced and brilliant

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Engagingly written, with the reading perfectly in tune with the writing. Altogether fascinating in analysis and memorable in storytelling.

Critical and compassionate

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Morris served in the Middle East and is particularly good on that area. The reader is OK but is not always good with foreign words and names.

Particularly good on the Turkish Empire in the Great War

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