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Between the Woods and the Water
Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Description for Between the Woods and the Water
Paperback. The second great Patrick Leigh Fermor classic - and the sequel to A Time of Gifts - in John Murray B-format for the first time. Num Pages: 256 pages, frontispiece and map. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey - as an 18-year-old - across 1930s Europe by foot began in A Time of Gifts, which covered the author's exacting journey from the Lowlands as far as Hungary.
Picking up from the very spot on a bridge across the Danube where his readers last saw him, we travel on with him across the great Hungarian Plain on horseback, and over the Romanian border to Transylvania.
The trip was an exploration of a continent which was already showing signs of the holocaust which was to come. Although frequently praised for his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
206g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719566967
SKU
V9780719566967
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Patrick Leigh Fermor
In December 1933, at the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) walked across Europe, reaching Constantinople in early 1935. He travelled on into Greece, where in Athens he met Balasha Cantacuzene, with whom he lived - mostly in Rumania - until the outbreak of war. Serving in occupied Crete, he led a successful operation to kidnap a German general, ... Read more
Reviews for Between the Woods and the Water
Between the Woods and the Water is a book so good your resent finishing it.
Sunday Times
'The finest travelling companion we could ever have... His head is stocked with cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure.' Christopher Hudson
Evening Standard
As full of zest, joy and delight as its predecessor
... Read more
Sunday Times
'The finest travelling companion we could ever have... His head is stocked with cultural lore and poetic fancy to make every league an adventure.' Christopher Hudson
Evening Standard
As full of zest, joy and delight as its predecessor
... Read more