Jan MorrisAn account of a truly remarkable life. When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conundrum, and more than fifty other books, her work was known for its observational genius, lyricism, and humour, and had earned her a passionate readership around the world. Morris's life was no less fascinating than her oeuvre. Born in 1926, she spent her childhood amidst Oxford's

The citizens of Plainfield

It is tempting to switch off the news

changing public taste

Because they know what she did

But his career has been haunted by his rocky behaviour and tendency to self-sabotage

This narrative history paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe of its fall

The Age of Cats is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks within Fluffy' Washington Post

the Icelandic bookseller-holidaymaker vacationing in the Bookshop

From mad inventors and fearless adventurers to machiavellian villains and mavericks with more money than sense

to assume that people are good

the question remains

Gathered together and introduced by a short author's note