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1. Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere
by Jan Morris
Jan Morris (then James) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of the Second World War. Since then, the city has come to represent her own ... More
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2. The World: Travels 1950-2000
by Jan Morris
Ranging from Manhattan to Venice, Oxford to the Middle East, and Paris to South Africa, the book provides Morris's eyewitness accounts of such ... More
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3. Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire
by Jan Morris
This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their ... More
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4. Conundrum
by Jan Morris
The writer Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. Perhaps her most remarkable work is this honest account of her ten-year transition from man to ... More
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5. Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest
by Jan Morris
When Jan Morris first visited the United States, she was overwhelmed (and irritated) by the national obsession with Abraham Lincoln: the homespun ... More
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6. Hong Kong: Epilogue to an Empire
by Jan Morris
First published in 1988, "Hong Kong" is a portrait of the British Empire's last, most anachronistic outpost, as the countdown to the handover gathers ... More
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7. Hong Kong
by Jan Morris
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 ... More
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8. Contact!: A Book of Encounters
by Jan Morris
A delightful and hilarious companion for anyone taking a trip and an indispensable work for any fan of Jan Morris.
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9. Manhattan '45
by Jan Morris
In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. Never again would the city possess the unique mixture of innocence ... More
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10. Journeys
by Jan Morris
Superbly written articles about cities as different as Las Vegas and Stockholm, about journeys across Europe and China, and about "romantic re-visits ... More
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11. Destinations: Essays from "Rolling Stone"
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsA blend of impressionism, history, political interpretation, and travel writing, this book catches a number of places at specific moments: Watergate ... More
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12. Among the Cities
by Jan Morris
List of all editions'Years and years ago, observing that nobody in the history of man had ever seen and described the entire urban world, I resolved to do it myself...' ...
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13. Heaven's Command
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsJan Morris tells the epic story of the rise of the British Empire, from Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. In this ... More
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14. Venice
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsAn evocation of Venice which uses vivid prose, humour and irony to present a personal portrait of an eccentric city.
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15. A Writer's House in Wales
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsThrough an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means ... More
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16. Sultan in Oman
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsIn 1955 the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, southeast of Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Sea, was a truly medieval Islamic State, shuttered against all ... More
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17. Pax Britannica
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsJan Morris recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial ... More
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18. Coast to Coast: A Journey Across 1950s America
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsWhat's it like to be there? "Travelers' Tales" gives the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Following the recent ... More
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19. Farewell the Trumpets
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsJan Morris traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill ... More
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20. The Great Port: A Passage Through New York
by Jan Morris
List of all editions'We are lucky to have Jan Morris, and her gift of transporting us to other realms'. Salley Vickers Movement is the raison d'etre of New York. In "The ... More
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21. Sydney
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsRenowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire created...but the most ...
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22. Over Europe
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsThe product of a two-year project to photograph Europe by air, this book features colour, large-format pictures of French chateaux, Budapest ... More
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24. Coronation Everest
by Jan Morris
List of all editionsIn 1953 two historical events coincided - the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the conquest of Mount Everest by John Hunt's British expedition. ... More
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25. Hav
by Jan Morris
List of all editions"Hav" gives us Jan Morris at her most delightful and most suggestive. The city is a magical place - yet behind its arcane splendours are darker ... More







