Jan Morris (1926–2020)

Auteur van Pax Britannica: the Climax of an Empire

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Jan Morris served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, studied at Oxford University, and was a reporter for the Times and the Guardian before launching a successful career as a novelist, history author, and travel writer

Bevat de namen: Jan Morris, Jan Morris, Jan Morris, by Jan Morris, Ed. Jan Morris, Edited and Introduced By Jan Morris

Bevat ook: James Morris (1)

Fotografie: LGBT History Month

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Pax Britannica Trilogy

Werken van Jan Morris

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Pax Britannica: the Climax of an Empire (1968) 599 exemplaren

Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress (1973) 565 exemplaren

Dilemma verandering van sekse (1974) 545 exemplaren

Triëst (2001) 534 exemplaren

Venice (1960) 525 exemplaren

Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat (1978) 471 exemplaren

Hav (2006) 415 exemplaren

The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage (1980) 343 exemplaren

The World: Travels 1950-2000 (2003) 342 exemplaren

Hong Kong (1676) 314 exemplaren

Oxford (1965) 311 exemplaren

Europa, gezien vanuit de lucht (1991) 259 exemplaren

The Matter of Wales: Epic Views of a Small Country (1982) 252 exemplaren

The Pax Britannica Trilogy (1968) 236 exemplaren

Manhattan '45 (1987) 229 exemplaren

Spain (1979) 224 exemplaren

Mijn huis in Wales (2002) 213 exemplaren

The World of Venice (1960) 197 exemplaren

Fifty Years of Europe: An Album (1997) 181 exemplaren

Last Letters from Hav (1985) 172 exemplaren

Destinations: Essays from Rolling Stone (1980) 150 exemplaren

Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest (1999) 149 exemplaren

Pleasures of a Tangled Life (1989) 147 exemplaren

The Oxford Book of Oxford (1978) — Compiler & Editor — 137 exemplaren

Journeys (1984) 112 exemplaren

Among the Cities (1985) 110 exemplaren

Sydney (1992) 104 exemplaren

Fisher's Face (1995) 101 exemplaren

From the Four Corners (1995) 100 exemplaren

In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary (2018) 92 exemplaren

Coronation Everest (1958) 89 exemplaren

Travels with Virginia Woolf (1905) — Redacteur — 89 exemplaren

A Venetian Bestiary (1982) 76 exemplaren

Coast to Coast (1956) 71 exemplaren

Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj (1983) 71 exemplaren

Contact!: A Book of Glimpses (1623) 65 exemplaren

The spectacle of empire: Style, effect and the Pax Britannica (1982) 65 exemplaren

Sultan in Oman (1957) 60 exemplaren

Locations (1992) 56 exemplaren

Turner and Venice [cat. exp., London, Tate Britain, 9 Oct. 2003-11 Jan. 2004, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 15 Feb-30… (2003) 55 exemplaren

Allegorizings (2021) 49 exemplaren

Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation (2014) 48 exemplaren

Scenes from Havian Life (1996) 48 exemplaren

O Canada!: Travels in an Unknown Country (1992) 47 exemplaren

The Great Port: A Passage Through New York (1969) 44 exemplaren

The Road to Huddersfield: A Journey to Five Continents (1963) 41 exemplaren

Scotland: The Place of Visions (1986) 34 exemplaren

Thinking Again (2020) 32 exemplaren

Ireland: Your Only Place (1990) 31 exemplaren

The Preachers (1973) 29 exemplaren

A Machynlleth Triad (Penguin Fiction) (1993) 29 exemplaren

Wales: The First Place (1982) 28 exemplaren

Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony (2018) 26 exemplaren

Places (1972) 21 exemplaren

Wales from the Air (1990) 18 exemplaren

Riding the Skies (1989) 14 exemplaren

Persia (1969) 14 exemplaren

The Hashemite Kings (1959) 13 exemplaren

The presence of Spain (1964) 13 exemplaren

Cities (1963) 12 exemplaren

City to City (1990) 11 exemplaren

Portmeirion (2006) 9 exemplaren

South African Winter (1958) 9 exemplaren

Travels (1976) 9 exemplaren

Our First Leader (2000) 8 exemplaren

HONG KONG: RETURN TO THE HEART OF THE DRAGON. (1993) — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren

The Market of Seleukia (1957) 7 exemplaren

The Best Traveled Man on Earth (2014) 6 exemplaren

Christ Church Oxford: A Brief History and Guide (2011) 6 exemplaren

Venice: New and revised Edition 5 exemplaren

Islam inflamed; a Middle East picture (1957) 4 exemplaren

The Bedside Guardian 11 (1959) 4 exemplaren

The world of Venice 3 exemplaren

Hav 3 exemplaren

The upstairs donkey and other stolen stories 3 exemplaren

Building Hong Kong (1705) 3 exemplaren

My Favourite Stories of Wales (1980) 3 exemplaren

The Princeship of Wales (1995) 2 exemplaren

Venice 2 exemplaren

Enigma (2022) 2 exemplaren

Venice: New and revised Edition 1 exemplaar

Pax Britanica, 3-volume set 1 exemplaar

In Times of Great Chaos (1989) 1 exemplaar

Presencia de España (1984) 1 exemplaar

Heaven's Command hd 1 1 exemplaar

Search for A Writer's House in Wales 1 exemplaar

Five Approaches of Literary Criticism 1 exemplaar

Perchance to Pick One's Nose (in Granta: Jubilee - JACK) 1 exemplaar

A View of the Royal Navy 1 exemplaar

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Gangbare naam: Morris, Jan
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten: Morris, James Humphrey (birth name)
Geboortedatum: 1926-10-02
Overlijdensdatum: 2020-11-20
Geslacht: female
Nationaliteit: UK
Geboorteplaats: Clevedon, Somerset, England, UK
Plaats van overlijden: Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Woonplaatsen: Somerset, England, UK
Llanystumdwy, Wales
Fforest, Monmouthshire, Wales
Opleiding: Lancing College
University of Oxford (Christ Church)
Beroepen: journalist
travel writer
historian
Relaties: Morys, Twm (son)
Tuckniss, Elizabeth (wife, partner)
Morris, Mark (son)
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Royal Society of Literature (Fellow|1961)
Gorsedd y Beirdd (1992)
Glyndŵr Award (1996)
Order of the British Empire (Commander|1999)
Golden PEN Award (2005)

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British Author Challenge May 2023: Jan Morris & R.F. Delderfield in 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (juni 2023)

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La casa de una escritora en Gales: 85 (Narrativas) door Jan Morris

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Visitas | 11 andere besprekingen | Feb 26, 2024 |

Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere door Jan Morris

Magical. Vintage Jan Morris: many strands, of history, politics, art, architecture, literature, finely woven in the end. The nowhere place comes alive in all its nowhereness! Loved reading this little gem while in the place. Highly recommended.

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fmclellan | 12 andere besprekingen | Jan 23, 2024 |

Destinations: Essays from Rolling Stone door Jan Morris

Places in the 1970s: Washington, DC, Delhi, Panama, Los Angeles, South Africa, London, Cairo, Istanbul, Trieste, Manhattan

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betty_s | 2 andere besprekingen | Oct 1, 2023 |

Conundrum (New York Review Books Classics) door Jan Morris

L ratio proto-transmedicalist agent of british imperialism so fucking racist i know this is a somewhat important book in trans historical context but it made me so mad

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