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Jan Morris
Published one year on from her death, at the age of ninety-four, Jan Morris’ Allegorizings is the final despatch from one of the greatest chroniclers of the Twentieth Century.
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Jan Morris has crafted a meditation on a most unusual city. James (as she was then) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of World War II. Since…
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Paul Clements
The first full account of a truly remarkable life.
Presents 570 newly discovered letters from Jane, fully annotated, which radically revise the popular view of a silent, discontented invalid.
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Metaphorosis Magazine
Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.
All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.
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'A marvel of clarity, fluency, and (Morris's favourite word in her final days) kindness.' The Sunday Times
The first full account of the remarkable life of Jan Morris: writer, soldier…
When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conundrum, and more than fifty other books, her work…
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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…
In this entertaining and lively anthology, Jan Morris traces the history of the University from its foundation in the Middle Ages through to the twentieth century, combining extracts from contemporary…
Stones of Empire brings together two leading authors in a very personal investigation of the British architectural legacy in India. The text and photographs illustrate the buildings both as objects…
A delightful and hilarious companion for anyone taking a trip and an indispensable work for any fan of Jan Morris.
‘We are lucky to have Jan Morris, and her gift of transporting us to other realms.’ Salley Vickers The Hashemites are the oldest, proudest, most romantic and most tragic family…
This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their idealists and rascals, on diverse peoples of the…
Offers a collection which presents the author’s personal selection of travel pieces, with definitive evocations of places as different as Alexandria and Bath, Warsaw and Wyoming.
showing us the enthralling interplay of politics, avarice, hate, national pride, and religious fanaticism in that part of the globe.‘ The New YorkerThe Market of Seleukia is a portrait of…
What’s it like to be there? Travelers’ Tales gives the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Following the recent publication of Jan Morris’s final book, here…
This biography of Abraham Lincoln looks past his saintly image and log-cabin legend to capture America’s 16th president in public and in private. Travelling from Lincoln’s birthplace to the White…
An extraordinary-and strikingly illustrated-reflection on the meaning of war from one of our greatest living writers.
A new edition of Jan Morris’s remarkable and beautifully written account of her transition from man to woman.
When the world’s foremost travel writer describes the small city-state of Hav, it is unlike any of her other books. For Hav exists only in one special place - Jan…
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A biography of Lord Fisher, Edwardian socialite and founder of the World War I British Navy.
Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England’s most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities – Oxford…
Descibes a succession of journeys undertaken in the early 1980s, some to places far away and exotic, some to places more familiar. Whether writing about Aberdeen or Shanghai, Morris captures…
A new edition of Jan Morris’s very first book, an account of her tour of 1950s America.
Celebrates Wales and things Welsh. This study it reflects the bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and…
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For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion…
A treat for fans of Alan Bennett’s diaries and the works of Bill Bryson and Diana Athill.
A second volume of Jan Morris’ diaries, life through the eyes of a legendary writer in her ninth decade.
‘This is Jan Morris’s finest book.’ - Country Life
An account of the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar, as Jan Morris accompanied the Sultan on his royal progress, with the winds of change - oil and…
The world’s foremost travel writer gives readers an intimate examination of the people, politics and culture of a city with an astounding past and an even more intriguing future. 8…
Taking into account both Social Register and slum, Manhattan ‘45 celebrates New York’s Golden Age as a place where, for one unrepeatable moment in history, anything seemed possible.
An immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city’s past. This book analyses the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture…
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A fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened…
Contains ten essays that brilliantly recapture the essence of places as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, Panama, Los Angeles, Southern Africa, London, Cairo at the…
Travel writer and historian, Jan Morris evokes the Manhattan of 1945 - a city at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. From its idiosynchratic architecture to its unmistakable…
Jan Morris has been a travel writer for over half a century, known for her ability to perfectly capture places and atmospheres . But what about the many people she…
A homage to the city of Trieste, rich with history and tinged with the melancholy of remembrance. Morris at the peak of her form. -The Atlantic Monthly
The travel book of the season. -Craig Seligman, New York Times Book Review
An evocation of Venice which uses vivid prose, humour and irony to present a personal portrait of an eccentric city.
In a hugely evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from five decades, Jan Morris has produced a unique portrait of the late twentieth century world
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Offers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop.
First published in 1964 and no less compelling today, Jan Morris’ classic work is back in print, bringing Spain, its glory and its tragedy, vividly to life
