Coronation Everest (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Coronation Everest (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Offers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street

Trieste (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Pax Britannica (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and

Conundrum (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

As one of Britain's best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. On first publication in 1974, the book generated enormous interest around the world, and was chosen by The Times as one of the '100 Key Books of Our

Hav (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

But Morris's visit ends in flight when an unidentified enemy arrives to seize control. When Jan Morris returns to Hav, some twenty years later, she finds that her account of her earlier visit is banned - and discovers a place that has rebuilt itself, transformed by a new energy and now dominated

Oxford (Morris Jan)(Paperback)

Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England's most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities - Oxford. This is the perfect guide for local historians, visitors to the city, and prospective

Christmas on Coronation Street (Sullivan Maggie)(Paperback / softback)

A wonderful Christmas gift full of nostalgia and charm, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love Fiction set in

Thinking Again (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Necrophilia is not one of my failings, but I do like graveyards and memorial stones and such... Following the publication In My Mind's Eye, her acclaimed first volume of diaries, a Radio 4 Book of the Week in 2018, Jan Morris continued to write her daily

Saving Everest (Chase Sky)(Paperback / softback)

Ariel: Jan Morris, a Literary Life (Johns Derek)(Paperback)

Jan Morris is one of the great British writers of the post-war era. Soldier, journalist, writer about places (rather than 'travel writer'), elegist of the British Empire, novelist, she has fashioned a distinctive prose style that is elegant, fastidious, supple, and sometimes gloriously gaudy. For

Venice (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's

Venetian Empire - A Sea Voyage (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice

Toad Delight (Gleitzman Morris)(Paperback / softback)

Girl Underground (Gleitzman Morris)(Paperback / softback)

Fisher's Face (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. This book offer an evocation that is both biography and a love letter, an expression of the author's passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders, in travel, ships and the glorious pageantry

Farewell the Trumpets (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in

Europe - An Intimate Journey (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Europe has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of 'one of our greatest living writers' (The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at once magisterial and particular, whimsical and profound. It is a matchless

Spain (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Nothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain's pride and misery, the adventurous glory of a history that set its seal upon half the world

In My Mind's Eye - A Thought Diary (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

A treat for fans of Alan Bennett's diaries and the works of Bill Bryson and Diana

Heaven's Command (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of

Mannequin House (Morris R. N.)(Paperback / softback)

Athena's Vengeance (Morris Eyton Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Blabbermouth: the play (Gleitzman Morris)(Paperback / softback)

Give Peas A Chance (Gleitzman Morris)(Paperback / softback)