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21%OFFJan Morris - Hav - 9780571229840 - V9780571229840
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Hav

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Description for Hav Paperback. Hav is a magical place - yet behind its arcane splendours are darker implications. Every street corner is haunted by memories of illustrious visitors - Freud, Diaghilev, Marco Polo, Lawrence of Arabia and countless others. But the author's visit ends in flight when an unidentified enemy arrives to seize control. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 253.

Hav gives us Jan Morris at her most delightful and most suggestive. The city is a magical place - yet behind its arcane splendours are darker implications. The traditional Roof Race is peculiarly exciting, the waterfront is picturesque, the wistful call of a trumpeter from a distant rampart is wonderfully evocative, and every street corner is haunted by memories of illustrious visitors - Freud, Diaghilev, Marco Polo, Lawrence of Arabia and countless others. But Morris's visit ends in flight when an unidentified enemy arrives to seize control.

When Jan Morris returns to Hav, some twenty years later, she finds ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571229840
SKU
V9780571229840
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-18

About Jan Morris
Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother. She spent the last years of her life with her partner Elizabeth Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her books include Coronation Everest, Venice, the Pax Britannica trilogy and Conundrum. She was also the author of six books ... Read more

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"'A deeply civilised and civilising book.' The Times"

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