{"product_id":"time-of-gifts-a-john-murray-journey","title":"Time of Gifts: A John Murray Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA Time of Gifts is a 1933 memoir by Patrick Leigh Fermor, detailing his year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. The book was hailed as a masterpiece and a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that was soon to be swept away by war, modernization, and social change. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 08 July 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton General Division\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCED BY JAN MORRIS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis gloriously ornate account of that epic journey is a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROBERT MACFARLANE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe feeling of being lost in time and geography with months and years hazily sparkling ahead is a prospect of inconjecturable magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree decades later, he wrote A Time of Gifts, the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure, which took him through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlone, carrying only a rucksack and with a small allowance of only a pound a week, Fermor had planned to sleep rough - to live like a tramp, a pilgrim, or a wandering scholar - but a chance introduction in Bavaria led to comfortable stays in castles, and provided a glimpse of the old Europe of princes and peasants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as a masterpiece, A Time of Gifts is in part a coming-of-age memoir, but it is also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that - despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers and grand cities - was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only is this journey one of physical adventure, but of cultural awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArchitecture, art, genealogy, quirks of history and language are all devoured - and here passed on - with a gusto uniquely his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLIN THUBRON, SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most romantic books of the twentieth century, Patrick Leigh Fermor's account of a long walk across Europe is also a literary treasure, a rich blend of action and observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 314g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 130 x 199 x 28 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529369526                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Leigh Fermor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097833140474,"sku":"9781529369526","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/3ff201e432561c487af8e699a6347c0d.jpg?v=1629690206","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/time-of-gifts-a-john-murray-journey","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}