A second edition of the text originally published in 1973. This title is the first volume in the triptych by the same author, depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire and it centres on the period between Queen Victoria's accession in 1837, and her Diamond Jubilee of 1897.
- ISBN10 0156027747
- ISBN13 9780156027748
- Publish Date 4 November 2002 (first published 19 May 1980)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Mariner Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 564
- Language English