Books by Jan Morris
“She can bring together different elements, the personal and the factual. It’s very well researched, there’s not a problem, but she can present it in a different way. The iterative approach, to follow the routes of the galleys, structured almost like a travelogue. I think that in many ways she is bang on, and despite all the shortcomings that historians in their nit-picking, hypercritical way, might note, insisting that this isn’t all accurate, and that this or that might be problematic, and so on.” Read more...
The best books on The Venetian Empire
Georg Christ, Historian
“Written in 1997, just before the handover, and gives you a good impression of colonial Hong Kong.” Read more...
Jason Ng, Nonprofit Leaders & Activist
Sultan in Oman
by Jan Morris
In perhaps the last classical journey across the Arabian peninsula, Jan Morris accompanied the Sultan on a royal exploration of his desert country. This journey from Salalah to Muscat was the Sultan’s first visit to the interior of his own country and the first crossing of the Omani desert in a car.
Interviews where books by Jan Morris were recommended
The best books on Desert Nations, recommended by Jo Tatchell
The author explains the allure of desert nations, through a discussion of books including Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger and Sultan In Oman by Jan Morris
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Noir: Fifteen true tales from the dark side of the city
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Hotel China
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The Heritage Hiker’s Guide to Hong Kong
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Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong
by Gordon Mathews
The best books on Hong Kong, recommended by Jason Ng
The best books on Hong Kong, recommended by Jason Ng
In 2014 Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Protests’ made news around the world. But will continuing protests in Hong Kong lead to advances in democracy or crackdowns by Beijing? Jason Ng, lawyer and author of Umbrellas in Bloom, chooses five of the best books for understanding China’s ‘foster child’ city.
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Venice: A Documentary History 1450-1630
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The Military Organization of a Renaissance State: Venice 1400-1617
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Venice: A Maritime Republic
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Venice: the Hinge of Europe
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The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage
by Jan Morris
The best books on The Venetian Empire, recommended by Georg Christ
The best books on The Venetian Empire, recommended by Georg Christ
The Venetian Republic was one of the mightiest empires of early modern Europe, with its Terraferma dominions on land and a maritime empire, the Stato da Màr, that stretched across the Mediterranean. Its unique strength lay in long-distance trade and, as historian Georg Christ explains, in some ways, it resembled a company more than a state. Here, he recommends books to better understand the Venetian empire, what it was and how it grew.
