A second edition of the text originally published in 1978. This title is the third volume in the triptych by the same author, depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire and it charts the imperial retreat from glory, ending with the death of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.
- ISBN10 0156302861
- ISBN13 9780156302869
- Publish Date 19 May 1980 (first published 1 January 1978)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Mariner Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 576
- Language English