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- 1990-[2020] (Creation)
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20 ff.
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Biographical history
Jan Morris, formerly James Morris, travel writer, historian and novelist, was born in Somerset in 1926 of Welsh and English parents. She spent ten years on the editorial staffs of The Times and The Guardian, and her books about places evolved from her travel experiences as a wartime soldier and as a foreign correspondent. Her published books, articles and essays include a historical trilogy about the British Empire, books concerning Wales, major studies of several cities around the world, books of collected travel essays, biographical works about Abraham Lincoln and Admiral Fisher, a novel, and several volumes of memoirs.
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Six letters, cards and faxes, 1990-1998, from Jan Morris, Llanystumdwy, to Ned Thomas, together with eight photographs, one of Thomas (f. 5) and seven of Morris's home, relating to her proposed book A Writer's House in Wales, 1998 (ff. 8-14), and copies of Thomas's articles 'A Free Spirit', 2006 (ff. 15-17), and 'Jan Morris – Pedair Olygfa [sic]', [November 2020] (ff. 18-20).
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- English
- Welsh
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English, Welsh.
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