{"product_id":"9781399836852","title":"A Time of Gifts : On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube - Patrick Leigh Fermor","description":"\u003cp\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS'A treasure chest' Spectator'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, Financial TimesIn 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. 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. 'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Leigh Fermor","offers":[{"title":"384 pages, N\/A \/ 16\/07\/2026 \/ Europe","offer_id":57208685265271,"sku":"9781399836852","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781399836852.jpg?v=1782126948","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781399836852","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}