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Gold war seit jeher ein Symbol für Macht und Schönheit - aber auch ein Garant für Freiheit! Gold ist das einzige uns bekannte Geld, das Stabilität schafft und Kriege verhindert. Unter einem Goldstandard hätte es keinen der beiden Weltkriege, keinen Vietnamkrieg und keinen Irakkrieg geben können. Es wäre schlichtweg nicht genug Geld dafür zur Verfügung gestanden, und man hätte es nicht einfach beliebig vermehren können. Gold beschränkt die Mach...

In questo libro Jan Morris racconta, fondendo la melanconia dei propri ricordi di viaggiatrice e la passione della storica, l'intenso rapporto con Trieste, la propria vita attraverso quella della città, dei suoi conflitti del suo splendore e del suo declino. Muovendosi nel tempo, evocando i caffè e i moli visitati da Joyce, l'autrice passa per gli anni '40, quando vide Trieste per la prima volta e arriva al presente di questa città fuori dal t...

Jan Morris's latest book, which is also said to be her last, is a genial, witty and touching journey through the art of Venetian painter, Carpaccio, and her own last journey to a city she has written about like no other. 176 colour illustrations.

For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus.

Journey through a mystical country where everything is possible and easily arranged" in this 2-part travelogue set in a fictional Mediterranean city of dreams (Los Angeles Times). "A touching lover letter . . . to life itself"--featuring Last Letters from Hav, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Independent) > When Morris published Last Letters from Hav in 1985, it was short-listed for the Booker Prize. H...

The Italian city of Trieste on the Adriatic has always tantalized the author. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her interests and preoccupations. This lyrical travelogue is also superb cultural history and the culmination of a singular career.

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The Pax Britannica trilogy is Jan Morris's epic story of the British Empire from the accession of Queen Victoria to the death of Winston Churchill. It is a towering achievement: informative, accessible, entertaining and written with all her usual bravura. Heaven's Command, the first volume, takes us from the crowning of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The story moves effortlessly across the world, from the English shores...

Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England's most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities ¿ Oxford. This is the perfect guide for local historians, visitors to the city, and prospective students of the famous university.

An account of the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar, as Jan Morris accompanied the Sultan on his royal progress, with the winds of change - oil and revolution - in the background.

Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh. Trefan Morys, Morris's home between the sea and mountains of the remote northwest corner of Wales, is the 18th-century stable block of her former family house nearby. Surrounding it are the fields and outbuildings, the mud, sheep, and cattle of a working Welsh farm.She regards thi...

A fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. "A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened by many curious mosaics of information...a beautiful book to read and to possess" (The Observer). New Foreword by the Author. Index.

Stylishly rejacketed edition of this classic.

What's it like to be there? "Travelers' Tales" gives the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Following the recent publication of Jan Morris's final book, here is her very first. Fresh from her success reporting on the first Everest ascent in 1953, she spent a year journeying by car, train, ship, and aircraft across the United States.