{"product_id":"a-time-of-gifts-on-foot-to-constantinople-from-the-hook-of-holland-to-the-middle-danube-paperback","title":"A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Leigh Fermor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJan Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey--to walk to Constantinople. \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which \u003ci\u003eBetween the Woods and the Water\u003c\/i\u003e continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor's book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed--through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Leigh Fermor\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a writer with a unique prose style. After his stormy schooldays, followed by the walk across Europe to Constantinople that begins in \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e (1977) and continues through \u003ci\u003eBetween the Woods and the Water\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), he lived and traveled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. His books \u003ci\u003eMani\u003c\/i\u003e (1958) and \u003ci\u003eRoumeli\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) attest to his deep interest in languages and remote places. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania, and fought in Greece and Crete. He was awarded the DSO and OBE. He lived partly in Greece--in the house he designed with his wife, Joan, in an olive grove in the Mani--and partly in Worcestershire. He was knighted in 2004 for his services to literature and to British-Greek relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan Morris\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1926, is Anglo-Welsh, and lives in Wales. She has written some forty books, including the Pax Britannica trilogy about the British Empire; studies of Wales, Spain, Venice, Oxford, Manhattan, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Trieste; six volumes of collected travel essays; two memoirs; two capricious biographies; and a couple of novels--but she defines her entire oeuvre as \"disguised autobiography.\" She is an honorary D.Litt. of the University of Wales and a Commander of the British Empire. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eConundrum\u003c\/i\u003e is available as a New York Review Book Classic.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.18 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337170641261,"sku":"9781590171653","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/ZE5WUUpaVnlEdWxCWlhWTllGOUNIUT09.webp?v=1778926426","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/a-time-of-gifts-on-foot-to-constantinople-from-the-hook-of-holland-to-the-middle-danube-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}