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.
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