A Time of Gifts - On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
Author(s): Patrick Leigh Fermor
Travel Writing | Biography & Memoir
'A Time of Gifts' sees Patrick Leigh Fermor setting out in 1933, at the age of 18, on his epic journey across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. This first volume takes the reader as far as Hungary.
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After his walk across Europe, Patrick Leigh Fermor lived and travelled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania and fought in Greece and Crete - living disguised as a shepherd in the mountains for two years organising resistance activities. He was awarded the DSO and CBE, and a knighthood in the 2004 New Year Honours List. His writing career, spanning over fifty years, includes six other titles available in John Murray paperback. He lives in Greece, in a house he designed and built.
General Fields
- :
- : John Murray
- : John Murray
- : 0.208
- : 01 December 2004
- : 197mm X 130mm X 20mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Patrick Leigh Fermor
- : Paperback
- : 291
- : frontispiece and map