Pax Britannica
Subtitle: Climax of an Empire
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published: November 11, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780156028011
First sentence: BEFORE she set out on her Diamond Jubilee procession, on the morning of June 22, 1897, Queen Victoria of England went to the telegraph room at Buckingham Palace, wearing a dress of black moire with panels of pigeon grey, embroidered all over with silver roses, shamrocks and thistles.