Jan Morris

Oxford

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Produktbeschreibung

Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England's most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities -- Oxford. This is the perfect guide for local historians, visitors to the city, and prospective students of the famous university.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 131mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780192801364
• ISBN-10: 0192801368
• Artikelnr.: 21987314

Autorenporträt

Jan Morris is a highly distinguished writer of travel books, her career spanning over 30 years. She is an Honorary Fellow of the University College of Wales. Her many publications include: Venice (1960), The Pax Brittania Trilogy (1968), The Oxford Book of Oxford (1978), and The Matter of Wales (1984). She has also written a novel Last Letters from Hav, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Piebald
2: Rich Mixture
3: Town and Country
4: Universitas Oxoniensis
5: Ornery
6: College Spirit
7: No Good Aire
8: Fauna and Flora
9: Sorts and Conditions
10: Pleasures
11: The Look of It
12: Learning
13: Vineyard of the Lord
14: Compact of Ancient Tales
15: The Ark
16: The Argosy
17: In Art
18: Right of Way
19: Distant Trumpets
20: The Heart of Things
21: Gone Away