Review
A compelling and moving read, a world away from the tabloid titillation that normally surrounds the subject. --
Daily Mail, 12 April 2002A perfectly formed work of art, achieving the state of grace to which its creator so elegantly aspires. --
Times Literary Supplement, 17 May 2002In a new introduction, Morris describes the book as a period piece. She does herself and injustice. It is a classic. --
The Times, 30 March 2002The book is as compelling today as when it first appeared. --
Evening Standard, 8 April 2002Writing about her self, a place she has explored profoundly, she achieves inspired reportage and a courageous self-analysis. --
Observer, 24 March 2002
About the Author
Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother, and when she is not travelling she lives 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 (
Heaven's Command,
Pax Britannica, and
Farewell the Trumpets), and
Conundrum. She is also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere.
A Writer's World, a collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, was published in 2003.
Hav, her novel, was published in a new and expanded form in 2006.
