A new view of the last years of Orwell’s life, spent on the Scottish island of Jura Orwell rented a home (“Barnhill”) on Jura from May 1946 until his death in January 1950 So says the Scotland Info Guide: “The Isle of Jura: 200 people, 6,000 deer and one Whisky distillery.” With original claims and insights about this much-revered author Provides fresh perspectives on the writing of the Orwell classic Nineteen Eighty-Four, still widely read and referred to in our own strange political times. Covers the time period when Orwell wrote his later works, Big Brother,Thought Police and Room 101 Includes previously unseen family photographs