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Jan Morris served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, studied at Oxford University, and was a reporter for the Times and the Guardian before launching a successful career as a novelist, history author, and travel writer — biography from Pax Britannica: the Climax of an Empire… (more)
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Oxford 296 copies, 5 reviews
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Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest 142 copies, 1 review
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Fisher's Face 99 copies, 2 reviews
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Granta 87: Jubilee! The 25th Anniversary Issue (Contributor) 199 copies, 1 review
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Four Letter Word: New Love Letters (Contributor) 133 copies, 2 reviews
Travelers' Tales ITALY : True Stories (Introduction) 110 copies
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Our World's Heritage 89 copies, 1 review
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