Product Description

Including a personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, the author presents a magisterial portrait of the continent.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42431 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
"'This is Jan Morris's finest book.' Michael Leapman, Country Life 'At the height of her incomparable form... Imagine listening to a great raconteur on a good evening. The contributions are cogent, pertinent and articulate, controversial but never overbearing... Who would not wish to be of the company?' Michael Dibdin, Sunday Times"

About the Author
Jan Morris was born in 1926. Her books include Coronation Everest, Venice, The Pax Britannica Trilogy and Conundrum. She is also the author of six books about cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of collected travel essays and the unclassifiable Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere.

Customer Reviews

A VERY PERSONAL journey
Jan Morris paints a very interesting view. Drawing on visits during many decades she succesfully conveys the images and feelings of places all over the continent. As is many times the case in such cases, one should not expect this picture to be impartial. Rather personal feelings, the mood of the day, her heritage and most importantly the time she spent in each place (like Trieste) dictates the positive or negative tones she uses to portray each stop of her long journey. Depending on this places are seen either through a romantic prism (where nothing is negative) or throught the harsh lens of a distorting every-day routine.
This is not an account of someone with an open mind, but a graphic portayal of personal experiences through a long journey round Europe.