Fr. 42.50

Jan Morris - A Life

English · Hardback

Will be released 11.03.2026

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"Compelling . . . leaves the reader with a visceral understanding of the mysterious, even sublime power the poles have exerted on the human imagination, and the desolate beauty that resides there amid the glaciers and icebergs and penguins." -- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times on Terra Incognita "Wheeler''s fascinating, witty bio reveals her wonderful eye for telling details." -- Entertainment Weekly on Too Close to the Sun "Utterly fascinating . . . Wheeler has given us an important new understanding of the most notorious calamity in the annals of twentieth-century exploration. Cherry is a wonderful book." -- Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air on Cherry "Sara Wheeler''s travel books are insightful accounts of intrepid journeys . . . There are wry observations, astute close-readings, scathing critiques of Putin''s misrule, and numerous impressions on Russian quirks and foibles. Gilding the whole proceedings is Wheeler''s lyrical prose . . . We come away from this enthralling book wiser and happier--and with a pang or two of wanderlust." -- Malcolm Forbes, Minneapolis Star Tribune on Mud and Stars

About the author

Sara Wheeler is an award-winning and bestselling travel writer and biographer, and a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio; like Jan Morris, she has spent half her working life on the road. Her eleven books include Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica and Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a contributing editor of the Literary Review. She lives in London.

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