Jan Morris: A Life

In 1953 James Morris became the most famous journalist in the world, scooping the successful Everest ascent and then covering the Eichmann trial, interviewing Che Guevara and uncovering the story of Suez collusion. In the early 1970s Morris transitioned and her books, including Venice, Conundrum and the Pax Britannica trilogy, have inspired readers across the globe. 

In conversation with Colin Thubron, the renowned travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of a 20th-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. Morris's work conjured the spirit of place yet she celebrated ‘the meaning of nowhere’. She was a Welsh nationalist who wasn’t Welsh; a preacher of kindness with a cruel side. Jan Morris: A Life is a portrait of an astonishing individual, of longing, of travels and of never reaching home.