Book Description
Contains ten essays that brilliantly recapture the essence of places
as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs.
Gandhi, Panama, Los Angeles, Southern Africa, London, Cairo at the
time of the Israeli-Egyptian talks, Istanbul, Trieste, and Manhattan.
About the Author: Jan Morris is a Welsh journalist of international
renown. Her works include The World of Venice,
Spain, The Oxford Book of Oxford, Comundrum,
the Pax Britannicatrilogy, and three previous volumes of
travel essays(Cities,Places, and Travels).
