| Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat Contributor(s): Morris, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156302861 ISBN-13: 9780156302869 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1980 Annotation: This concluding volume brings readers up to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. "Morris has written an unorthodox masterpiece...[a] book filled with superb studies of battles, ceremonies, landscapes, confrontations and, above all, characters" (New York Times Book Review). Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century - History | World - General - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 909.097 |
| LCCN: 79024253 |
| Series: Helen and Kurt Wolff Books |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 5.08" W x 8" (1.38 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This concluding volume brings readers up to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Morris has written an unorthodox masterpiece... a] book filled with superb studies of battles, ceremonies, landscapes, confrontations and, above all, characters (New York Times Book Review). Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book |
Contributor Bio(s): Morris, Jan: - Jan Morris served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, studied at Oxford University, and was a reporter for the Times and the Guardian before launching into a successful career as a novelist, history author, and travel writer. Her other books include Last Letters from Hav, Fifty Years of Europe, Conundrum, Hong Kong, Oxford, The World of Venice, and Farewell the Trumpets. |