Jan Morris

Jan Morris, travel-writer, critic, journalist, historian, biographer and novelist, has been a celebrated figure on the literary scene for almost fifty years. Her triumphant evocation of the social atmosphere of the British Empire has made her trilogy, Pax Britannica, a major work of literary history. Her books on Wales communicate her love for the country, a feeling which she has described as her supreme pleasure. Paul Clements's book is the first major study of Jan Morris and provides a fascinating account of both her descriptive writing and her extraordinary life.

Paul Clements is a BBC radio and television journalist based at BBC Belfast. He has also worked for the BBC World Service and BBC Television News in London. He also sits on the National Executive Council for the National Union of Journalists, as well as its Broadcasting Industrial Council. He is a Fellow of Green College, Oxford. he lives in Belfast and he was born in Augher, County Tyrone. His previous publications include Irish Shores: a Journey Round the Rim of Ireland.