Life at a glance James Humphrey Morris Born: October 2 1926, Clevedon, Somerset. Education: Chorister at Oxford University; Lancing College; Sandhurst; Christ Church, Oxford. Family: 1949 Marries Elizabeth Tuckniss (five children). Career: 1945-’49 British Army; ‘51-56 staff reporter the Times; ‘57-62 staff reporter the Guardian. Some books as James Morris: 1956 Coast To Coast; ‘57 Sultan In Oman; The Market Of Seleukia; ‘58 Coronation Everest; ‘60 Venice; ‘64 The Presence Of Spain; ‘65 Oxford; Pax Britannica Trilogy (’68 The Climax Of Empire; ‘73 Heaven’s Command; ‘78 Farewell The Trumpets). Some books as Jan Morris: 1974 Conundrum; ‘84 The Matter Of Wales; ‘85 Last Letters From Hav; ‘87 Manhattan ‘45; ‘88 Hong Kong; ‘89 Pleasures Of A Tangled Life; ‘94 A Machynlleth Triad; ‘97 Fifty Years Of Europe; ‘99 Lincoln; 2000 Our First Leader; ‘01 Trieste. • Trieste is published by Faber and Faber at ?16.99.