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Paul Clements tracks Morris’s pinballing writing career from Everest to empire and far beyond in this sober but engaging biography

Jan Morris is the author of over forty books including Venice, Oxford and Pax Britannica (Faber/Harvest), a three-volume history of the British Empire. Her final collection of reportage and travel pieces is Contact! A Book of Encounters (W. W. Norton), published in 2010. She lives in Wales.

Farewell to Jan Morris, Groundbreaking Trans Explorer of Realms The trans pioneer was the first journalist to climb Mount Everest. February 24 2021 8:52 AM EST Jan Morris, who died in November 2020 at 94, is best known as the courageous journalist who accompanied the first successful summit of Mount Everest. Morris went on to write books and articles that guided readers through Wales, many other lands, the history of the British Empire, and her own gender transition. The acclaimed journalist,...