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A Time of Gifts
Patrick Leigh-Fermor
Editions
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ISBN Number |
Price |
Buy |
| pbk |
John Murray |
0719555248 |
£9.99 |
n/a | | pbk |
John Murray |
0719566959 |
£8.99 |
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Review
Expelled from school in 1933, it seemed the obvious thing to the 19-year-old Leigh-Fermor to get a rucksack, board a boat to the Hook of Holland and start walking. But this is more than just a tale of picaresque wanderings (though it is that too): it is also a book of immense cultural and historical richness, the product of an astute and curious mind. If you want to know what pre-war Europe was like, read this book. Or if you just like travel books, they do not come better than this. First published in 1977, this volume takes us to a bridge on the Hungarian border; the second volume, Between the Woods and the Water  pbk £9.99s, gets him through Romania; the third volume has still to be published. - review by Johnny de Falbe
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