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A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
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9781399836852
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John Murray
A JM Classics edition of the travel-writing masterpiece first published in 1977, by the inimitable Patrick Leigh Fermor
WITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS
'A treasure chest' Spectator
'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, Financial Times
In 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his 'great trudge', a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Three decades later he wrote A Time of Gifts, the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure. Alone, carrying only a rucksack and a small allowance, he travelled through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary.
Hailed as a masterpiece, A Time of Gifts is in part a coming-of-age memoir, but also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that - despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, great rivers and grand cities - was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change.
'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' Independent
'A treasure chest' Spectator
'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, Financial Times
In 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his 'great trudge', a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Three decades later he wrote A Time of Gifts, the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure. Alone, carrying only a rucksack and a small allowance, he travelled through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary.
Hailed as a masterpiece, A Time of Gifts is in part a coming-of-age memoir, but also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that - despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, great rivers and grand cities - was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change.
'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' Independent
| Weight | 0.269000 |
|---|---|
| Author | Fermor, Patrick Leigh |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781399836852 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Published | 16/07/2026 |
| Publisher | John Murray |
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