Journey Across Europe, Book 1
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Recommended by Salman Rushdie
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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 takes the reader with him as far as Hungary. It is a book of compelling glimpses not only of the events which were curdling Europe at th...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Hobbies, Most Recommended Books, and Travel.
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Salman Rushdie
“Reading 2 terrific books,one old, one new. Old: #PatrickLeighFermor #ATimeofGifts. New: #PatrickdeWitt #TheSistersBrothers. Both recommended”
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