{"product_id":"5f8sbr3pqmce","title":"A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A treasure chest'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSpectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Time of Gifts,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as a masterpiece, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"John Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49734333661434,"sku":"5F8SBR3PQMCE","price":515.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/5F8SBR3PQMCE.jpg?v=1784777360","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/5f8sbr3pqmce","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}