A Writer's World

The first ascent of Everest. The fall of the Berlin Wall. The Eichmann trial. The handover of Hong Kong. Award-winning travel writer and reporter Jan Morris 'was the twentieth century' (Sara Wheeler). An eyewitness to the most dramatic events of the era, Morris' journalism is unmatched for its unique style: its impressionistic descriptive flair, its humour, its wisdom, and its emotional percepti...