{"product_id":"2026200015819-secondhand-oxford","title":"Oxford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew cities have inspired as much devotion, reverence, and literary attention as Oxford, and Jan Morris's portrait of this ancient English city stands as one of the most celebrated evocations of place ever written. With her characteristically elegant and piercing prose, Morris chronicles the layered history, architectural grandeur, and peculiar human ecosystem of a city that has, for centuries, shaped the intellectual and cultural life of the English-speaking world — from its medieval spires and storied colleges to the bustling streets that carry the weight of a thousand years of scholarship and ambition.\n\nMorris writes not merely as a travel writer but as a passionate interpreter of character and civilization, her style weaving together the personal and the historical with extraordinary grace. Oxford is at once a love letter and a critical examination, presenting the city's traditions, contradictions, and enduring mystique with an insider's intimacy and an artist's eye. For anyone who has walked those ancient cobblestones — or who has only dreamed of doing so — this book promises to leave the question burning: does Oxford make its people, or do its people make Oxford?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203246006491,"sku":"2026200015819-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3ac2a99f-6105-4c3a-9266-a323e7205f17.png?v=1788146364","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015819-secondhand-oxford","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}