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A Time of Gifts - On Foot to Constantinople - From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$22.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: BK 1 | Reading Level: good
'A Time of Gifts' sees Patrick Leigh Fermor setting out in 1933, at the age of 18, on his epic journey across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. This first volume takes the reader as far as Hungary.
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
'Nothing short of a masterpiece' JAN MORRIS '[This] gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'Not only is this journey one of physical adventure but of cultural awakening. Architecture, art, genealogy, quirks of history and language are all devoured -- and here pa ...Show more
Abducting a General - The Kreipe Operation and SOE in Crete by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: good
One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no reprisals were taken against the Cretan population. Dre ...Show more
Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$39.99 AUD
Category: General
'A book so good you'll resent finishing it' Sunday Times 'The finest travelling companion we could ever have' Evening Standard 'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' Independent INTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey -- as an ...Show more
In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor by Patrick Leigh Fermor; Deborah Mitford; Charlotte Mosley (Editor); Deborah Devonshire
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
In spring 1956, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - youngest of the six legendary Mitford sisters - invited the writer and war hero Patrick Leigh Fermor to visit Lismore Castle, the Devonshires' house in Ireland. This halcyon visit sparked off a deep friendship and a lifelong exchange of sporadic but highl ...Show more
The Broken Road - From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$49.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water were the first two volumes in a projected trilogy that would describe the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook at the age of eighteen from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. 'When are you going to finish Vol. III?' was the cry from his fans; bu ...Show more
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey through the Caribbean Islands by Patrick Leigh Fermor
$24.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: very good
In this, his first book, Patrick Leigh Fermor recounts his tales of a personal odyssey to the lands of the Traveller's Tree - a tall, straight-trunked tree whose sheath-like leaves collect copious amounts of water. He made his way through the long island chain of the West Indies by steamer, aeroplane an ...Show more
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