A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140095135 (0140095136)
Publish date: July 3rd 1984
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Travelogue,
Cultural,
Art,
Germany
Series: Trilogy (#1)
In the end, I found it an incomplete, lyrical and pleasant enough romp through mostly German speaking areas. Fermor writes well, though quite flowery and with a critic's eye for architecture. I skipped or my eyes glazed over probably a dozen parts. The parts I did like, I really liked. Fermor descri...
In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. "A Time of Gifts" is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and in this volume the reader accompanies him as far as Hungary. It's an exceptional book....
Setting off from London to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople at the end of 1933, Fermor dives into a land of marvels that was largely swept away by the second war, already brewing as he makes his winding way with wide-eyed wonder and zest for every new experienceHis description is unre...
Highly rated by many people, but I just couldn't get into it ... so wordy!
bookshelves: published-1977, autumn-2012, travel, nonfiction, one-penny-wonder, 3m-bookshelf-challenge, autobiography-memoir Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Carey Combe Recommended for: 3Ms Read from April 03 to October 04, 2012 ----------------------Three opening quotes, this one is the title sour...
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