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Product Description I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bri...

Review 'Reveals that Morris' writing is just as elegant and erudite, and her mind just as supple, playful, curious, rigorous, humorous and sur...

In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced ...

'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 w...

A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find them...

Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a parti...

Published one year on from her death, at the age of ninety-four, Jan Morris' Allegorizings is the final despatch from one of the greatest chronicle...

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere is a beautifully written tribute to the truly unique city of Trieste from Jan Morris, the bestselling author of ...

Parish churches have been at the heart of communities for more than a thousand years. But now, fewer than two in one hundred people regularly atten...

'Peerless.' Daily Telegraph 'Sprinkled with magic.' Observer 'Full of mischief, romance, fun and kindness.' The Times Soldier, journalist, histo...

Veniceby Jan Morris is an international bestseller, a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and a love letter to Italy's most iconic city.

"Sisters Under the Rising Sun" stands as Heather Morris’s gripping, deeply moving historical masterpiece that chronicles the extraordinary, true-li...

Throughout the 1940s, forgers helped thousands of children escape Nazi France. In this instant New York Times bestseller, Kristin Harmel reimagines...

"Three Sisters" stands as Heather Morris’s gripping, deeply moving historical masterpiece that serves as the final, triumphant conclusion to the gl...

'A masterly, vivid and original sketch, not just of the history but of the culture (or cultures) of the Church of England across nearly five centur...

Review At its best when reminding us how deeply embedded these buildings are in the English landscape and when exploring, how the intimate mea...

'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Stee...