{"product_id":"a-time-of-gifts-patrick-leigh-fermor-9781399836852","title":"A Time of Gifts","description":"\u003cp\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A treasure chest' Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his 'great trudge', a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Three decades later he wrote A Time of Gifts, the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure. Alone, carrying only a rucksack and a small allowance, he travelled through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Hailed as a masterpiece, A Time of Gifts is in part a coming-of-age memoir, but also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that - despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, great rivers and grand cities - was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Leigh Fermor","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":68081960255731,"sku":"9781399836852","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781399836852.jpg?v=1793473516","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/a-time-of-gifts-patrick-leigh-fermor-9781399836852","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}