PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR

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 ...

While still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his...

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; but although he wished he could, the words re...

A finales de 1933, a punto de cumplir diecinueve años, Paddy Leigh Fermor se cargó la mochila a la espalda y emprendió un viaje iniciático que le llevaría desde su Londres natal hasta Estambul, cruzando a pie el corazón de una Europa milenaria por la que entonces empezaba a extenderse la sombra del nazismo. El vital y despreocupado viaje signi...