The first volume of a triptych depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire. In a series of episodes, descriptive passages, character studies and evocat... » 

The first volume of a triptych depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire. In a series of episodes, descriptive passages, character studies and evocations, the book tells the story of the Empire from Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. «