Jan Morris - A Life

"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.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Wheeler
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.03.2026
• EAN: 9780063304116
• ISBN: 978-0-06-330411-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Biography: general, Travel and holiday guides, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: writers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Literary, TRAVEL: Special Interest / LGBTQ+, Women's Literature / Literature/Memoir, Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Women's Literature, Literature / Memoir & Biography, LGBTQ Studies / Memoir & Biography