Jan Morris (1926-2020) lived and wrote as James Morris until 1972. She resided with her partner, Elizabeth Morris, in northwest Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her many books included In My Mind’s Eye, Coronation Everest, and the Pax Britannica trilogy.
"The short, illustrated book Morris has written about the Yamato is
what she calls 'a reverie' on the varied emotions that war summons
up…I think it's safe to say that Morris has also written a reverie
on accepting the inevitability of death….This book itself signals
yet another end: Certainly, it will be one of the very last books
written about World War II by an author who saw active service in
that war. That sobering fact only adds to the elegiac resonance of
this magnificent little book."
*Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air*
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