{"product_id":"jan-morris-a-life","title":"Jan Morris : A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA captivating authorised biography of the legendary writer Jan Morris. She was the twentieth century. Who wouldn't want to write her biography?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, renowned travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of this twentieth-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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a portrait of an astonishing life, and a scintillating story of longing, travel and never reaching home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jan Morris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57740840272259,"sku":"9780571379453","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/janmorris.png?v=1775571164","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.com\/products\/jan-morris-a-life","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}