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  • Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
  • Written by: Simon Winchester
  • Narrated by: Simon Winchester
  • Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Written by: Simon Winchester
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The New York Times best-selling author of Krakatoa and The Professor and the Madman takes listeners on a quirky and charming tour of the last outpost of the British empire

Originally published in 1985, Outposts is Simon Winchester's journey to find the vanishing empire, "on which the sun never sets". In the course of a three-year, 100,000 mile journey - from the chill of the Antarctic to the blue seas of the Caribbean, from the South of Spain and the tip of China to the utterly remote specks in the middle of gale-swept oceans - he discovered such romance and depravity, opulence and despair that he was inspired to write what may be the last contemporary account of the British empire.

Written with Winchester's captivating style and breadth, here are conversations and anecdotes, myths and political analysis, scenery and history - a poignant and colorful record of the lingering beat of what was once the heart of the civilized world.
©1985, 2003 Simon Winchester (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Politics & Government World Travel Writing & Commentary
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"Funny, masterly, fine....Superbly written." (The New York Times Book Review)

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SW is always a treat!!! Can listen to him forever

Listened to it three times already.
Love him as an author and geographer!
will buy them all

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