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  A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube (Paperback) By (author) Patrick Leigh Fermor

  

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  Short Description for A Time of GiftsIn 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. This book recounts the trip, and takes the reader with him as far as Hungary. It discusses about the events which were curdling Europe at that time, but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries, and more.
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  • Publisher: John Murray General Publishing Division
  • Published: 15 March 2004
  • Format: Paperback 304 pages
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  • Categories: Travel Writing
  • ISBN 13: 9780719566950 ISBN 10: 0719566959
  • Sales rank: 6,870

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• In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. "A Time of Gifts" is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and takes the reader with him as far as Hungary. It is a book of compelling glimpses - not only of the events which were curdling Europe at that time, but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers, the sun on the Bavarian snow, the storks and frogs, the hospitable burgomasters who welcomed him, and that world's grandeurs and courtesies. His powers of recollection have astonishing sweep and verve, and the scope is majestic. First published to enormous acclaim, it confirmed Fermor's reputation as the greatest living travel writer, and has, together with its sequel "Between the Woods and the Water" (the third volume is famously yet to be published), been a perennial seller for 25 years.