Patrick Leigh Fermor

Zur Einführung Ein Brief an Xan FieldingLieber Xan,nun wo ich eben erst mit der Zusammenstellung dieser Reiseberichte zu Ende gekommen bin, sind mir die alten Zeiten wieder neu im Gedächtnis, jüngere kommen mir um so jünger vor, und ich kann kaum glauben, daß Kreta und das Jahr 1942, als wir...

A könyvtest beázott, félrenyomódott. Gerince megtört, deformált. A borítókon pár apró repedezéssel. 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...

INTRODUCTION Envy is the writer's sin, as everyone knows, but there can be few writers in the English-speaking world who resent Patrick Leigh Fermor's preeminence as one of the great prose stylists of our time. He has no rivals, and so stands beyond envy. His literary genre is difficult to...

of Transylvania, the wild majesty of the Danube itself as it swept through gorge, marsh and forest towards the Black Sea. Before we join him on his journey we must pause for contemplation ourselves, because it is not exactly the Paddy Leigh Fermor we see at Esztergom who is the author of this...