A Time of Gifts

On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube

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Beschreibung

<p><b>INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS</b><br><br><b>'[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' </b>ROBERT MACFARLANE<br><br><b>'The feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead is a prospect of inconjecturable magic.'</b><br><br> 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 <i>A Time of Gifts,</i> the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure, which took him through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary.<br><br>Alone, carrying only a rucksack and with a small allowance of only a pound a week, Fermor had planned to sleep rough - to live 'like a tramp, a pilgrim, or a wandering scholar' - but a chance introduction in Bavaria led to comfortable stays in castles, and provided a glimpse of the old Europe of princes and peasants.<br><br>Hailed as a masterpiece, <i>A Time of Gifts </i>is in part a coming-of-age memoir, but it is also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that - despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers and grand cities - was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change. <br><br><b>'Not only is this journey one of physical adventure but of cultural awakening. Architecture, art, genealogy, quirks of history and language are all devoured -- and here passed on -- with a gusto uniquely his' COLIN THUBRON, <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i></b><br><b><br>'One of the most romantic books of the twentieth century, Patrick Leigh Fermor's account of a long walk across Europe is also a literary treasure, a rich blend of action and observation' <i>GUARDIAN</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529369526

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 129 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.