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Jan Morris : a life
Wheeler, Sara2026
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When Jan Morris joined the 1953 Everest expedition and was first to get news of the ascent back to London, she became the most famous journalist in the world. So began a glittering career covering the Eichmann trial, interviewing Che Guevara and scooping the story of Suez collusion. Morris transitioned in the early seventies and documented the experience in Conundrum. She was a pioneer and her books, including 'Venice' and the 'Pax Britannica' trilogy, have inspired readers across the globe. Here, renowned travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of this 20th-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. Morris's work conjured the spirit of place, yet her late masterpiece Trieste celebrates 'the meaning of nowhere'; she was a Welsh nationalist who wasn't Welsh; a preacher of kindness with a cruel side. This is a portrait of an astonishing life, and a scintillating story of longing, travel and never reaching home.
Main title:
Jan Morris : a life / Sara Wheeler.
Author:
Wheeler, Sara, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2026.
Collation:
416 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780571379453 (hbk)
Dewey class:
828.91409B MOR
Language:
English
Subject:
Morris, Jan, 1926-2020Women authors, English -- Wales -- 20th century -- BiographyAuthors, English -- Wales -- 20th century -- BiographyWomen journalists -- Wales -- BiographyJournalists -- Wales -- BiographyTransgender women -- Wales -- BiographyBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseBiography: literaryGender studies, gender groupsTravel writing
BRN:
1001751