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‘Peerless.’ Daily Telegraph
‘Sprinkled with magic.’ Observer
‘Full of mischief, romance, fun and kindness.’ The Times
Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, Jan Morris led an extraordinary life, witnessing such seminal moments as the first ascent of Everest, the Suez Canal Crisis, the Eichmann Trial, the Cuban Revolution and so much more.
From reflections on identity and nations to the importance of good marmalade, Allegorizings is the final despatch from one of the greatest chroniclers of the twentieth century.
‘A precious few [writers] report with wisdom, kindness and intelligence from the end to which we shall all come — travel of a different kind. This is such a book.’ Sarah Moss, New York Times
‘She was one of the most extraordinary people I ever had the luck to meet. Please read her.’ Robert MacFarlane
Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother. She spent the last years of her life with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her books include Coronation Everest, Venice, the Pax Britannica trilogy and Conundrum. She was also the author of six books…
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Our books of the year, along with what we'll be reading and gifting this Christmas.
A year after the great travel writer died, aged ninety-four, we remember Jan Morris through her final book, Allegorizings
Faber and Faber are delighted to announce the acquisition of Jan Morris’s In My Mind’s Eye for hardback publication in …
In this extraordinary interview with New York Times journalist Don George she discusses her incredible career.