Jan Morris

Jan Morris, travel-writer, critic, journalist, historian, biographer and novelist, has been a celebrated figure on the literary scene for almost fifty years. Her ability to capture the spirit of a place, which has been described as ‘the verbal equivalent of a landscape painting’, is well illustrated in such works as Venice and The Presence of Spain. Her triumphant evocation of the social atmosphere of the British Empire has made her trilogy, Pax Britannica, a major work of literary history. Her books on Wales communicate her love for the country, a feeling which she has described as her supreme pleasure.

Paul Clements's book is the first major study of Jan Morris and provides a fascinating account of both her incomparable descriptive writing and her extraordinary life.