| Description |
xi, 321 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
New York Review Books classics |
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New York Review Books classics.
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| Note |
Originally published: London : J. Murray, c1977. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Introductory letter to Xan Fielding -- The low countries -- Up the Rhine -- Into high Germany -- Winterreise -- The Danube: seasons and castles -- The Danube: approach to a Kaiserstadt -- Vienna -- The edge of the Slav world -- Prague under snow -- Slovakia: a step forward at last -- The marches of Hungary. |
| Summary |
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 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. At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, A Time of Gifts is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come. |
| Subject |
Europe -- Description and travel.
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Europe, Central -- Description and travel.
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Fermor, Patrick Leigh.
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| ISBN |
1590171659 alkaline paper |
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9781590171653 alkaline paper |
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