Jan Morris

In a hugely evocative collection of her writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the late 20th century.

Fresh from her successful scoop reporting on the first ascent of Everest in 1953, Jan Morris spent a year journeying by car, train, ship and aircraft across the United States. Morris records a time of innocence in the US.

Depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire, this text tells the story from Queen Victoria's accession in 1837 to her diamond jubilee in 1897.

This is the second volume of the series depicting the rise and decline of the British Empire. Here Morris describes the Empire at its moment of climax at the diamond jubilee of 1897.

'I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth decade, having for the moment nothing much else to write, I am having a go at it. Good luck to me.' So begins this extraordinary book, a collection of diary pieces that Jan Morris wrote for the 'Financial Times' over the course of 2017. A former soldier and journalist, and one of the great chroniclers of the world for over half a century, she writes here...