Hong Kong

<p><b><i>Hong Kon Epilogue to an Empire </i>by Jan Morris - one of the world''s pre-eminent travel writers - depicts the city of Hong Kong in 1988, tragically suspended between a colonial past and the uncertainties of China''s future.</b><br><br>First published in 1988, <b>Hong Kong</b> is a portrait of the British Empire''s last, most anachronistic outpost, as the countdown to the handover gathers momentum. Written with her trademark elegance and panache, Morris depicts a city tragically suspended between a colonial past and the uncertainties of China''s future.<br><br>''It is difficult to think of anyone who could recount this tale with such authority, elegance and sensitivity as Jan Morris ... Here, she portrays what has always been Britain''s most adjective-defying colony ... Morris so clearly likes the place, but she is not sentimental, nor is she blind to Hong Kong''s flaws; she is aware of rootlessness in the teeming energy.'' <i>TLS</i><br><br>''The book captures the contradictions and mad terror of Hong Kong better than could a novel - it''s a dramatic documentary ... '' <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br>''The definitive study.'' <i>Washington Post</i></p>