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A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
By (author) Patrick Leigh Fermor
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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
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Publisher | John Murray Press
Published date | 16 Jul 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 384
Dimensions | 196 x 128 x 30mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 269g
ISBN | 978-1-3998-3685-2
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BISAC | travel / essays & travelogues
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