Book description
Spain is one of the absolutes. Nothing is more compelling than the
drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the
vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain's
pride and misery, the adventurous glory of a history that set its seal
upon half the world . . . Passionate, evocative and beautifully
written, Spain is a companion to the country: its people, its history
- and its character. First published in 1964 and no less compelling
today, Jan Morris's classic work is back in print, bringing Spain, its
glory and its tragedy, vividly to life.
Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother,
and when she is not travelling she lives 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 (Heaven s Command, Pax Britannica, and Farewell the
Trumpets), and Conundrum. She is also the author of six books about
cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of
collected travel essays and, more recently, the unclassifiable Trieste
and the Meaning of Nowhere. A Writer s World, a collection of her
travel writing and reportage from over five decades, was published in
2003.
