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Fermor, Patrick Leigh -- Travel -- Europe.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Europe, Central -- Description and travel.
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh.
Fermor, Patrick Leigh -- Travel -- Europe.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Europe, Central -- Description and travel.
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A time of gifts : on foot to Constantinople : from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube / Patrick Leigh Fermor ; introduction by Jan Morris.
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh.
New York Review Books, c2005.
Call #:
914.3 F361t
Subjects
Fermor, Patrick Leigh -- Travel -- Europe.
Europe -- Description and travel.
Europe, Central -- Description and travel.
Series
New York Review Books classics.
ISBN:
9781529369526 (pbk.)
9781590171653 (pbk.)
1590171659 (pbk.)
Description:
xi, 321 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : J. Murray, c1977.
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Introductory letter to Xan Fielding -- The low countries -- Up the Rhine -- Into high Germany -- Winterreise -- The Danube: seasons and castles -- The Danube: approach to a Kaiserstadt -- Vienna -- The edge of the Slav world -- Prague under snow -- Slovakia: a step forward at last -- The marches of Hungary.
Summary:
"At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey -- to walk to Constantinople. This is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor's book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed -- through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube. A coming-of-age story, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come. Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a writer with a unique prose style. After his stormy schooldays, followed by the walk across Europe to Constantinople that begins in A Time of Gifts (1977) and continues through Between the Woods and the Water (1986), he lived and traveled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. His books Mani (1958) and Roumeli (1966) attest to his deep interest in languages and remote places. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania, and fought in Greece and Crete. He was awarded the DSO and OBE. He lived partly in Greece in an olive grove in the Mani and partly in Worcestershire"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Travel memoirs.
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2
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