A Time of Gifts

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

von Patrick Leigh Fermor

384 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

WITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS'A treasure chest' Spectator'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, Financial TimesIn 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

• Themen: Lifestyle, Hobbys und Freizeit Reisen und Urlaub Reiseberichte, Reiseliteratur
• ISBN: 9781399836852
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.07.2026
• Größe: 196 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Quercus Publishing Plc