JAN MORRIS VIKING - LAST LETTERS FROM HAV 1st ed. 1985 (Hav of the Myrmidons)- with map of HAV

Morris first visit to HAV and a frank sense of bafflement. Letters inevitable and sadly remain bright memorial to the life and spirit of a city which was in many ways an allegory or archetype of the Levantine condition.

In the last months before the events of 1985 which irrevocably altered the character of the place, Jan Morris was commissioned by an American magazine to write a series of letters from Hav. She remained there until the day of the invasion, and this book is the result. It is the first substantial portrait ever drawn of a city which enthralled such literary visitors as Marco Polo, Mark Twain, Tolstoy and D.H. Lawrence, but which remained, thanks to its political and geographical situation, virtually unknown to ordinary travellers. Last letters from Hav. Originally published: London: Viking, 1985 - Hav of the Myrmidons

Viking, 1st published purple hardback 1985. Book Condition: GOOD. ex-library book with dust jacket in protective sleeve. Lovely book apart from very soft tape marks on back of cloth.