A Time of Gifts

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

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<p><b>WITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS</b><br><b><br>'A treasure chest' <i>Spectator</i></b><br><b><br>'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, <i>Financial Times</i></b></p><p>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. 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.</p><p>Hailed as a masterpiece, <i>A Time of Gifts </i>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.</p><p><b>'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' <i>Independent</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781399836852

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 128 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Quercus Publishing Plc