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A Time of Gifts On Foot to Constantinople

Paperback • 2005 • English

A Time of Gifts On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube

By Patrick Leigh Fermor

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About the book

This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel literature ever written.  At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which Between the Woods and the Water continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan...Show more

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ISBN

9781590171653

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

A Time of Gifts On Foot to Constantinople

Format

Paperback

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