A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor

A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube

Trilogy #1

Patrick Leigh Fermor

358 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir travel adventurous informative relaxing slow-paced

Description

In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and takes the reader with him as far as...

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Moods

adventurous 100%
informative 78%
reflective 71%
inspiring 64%
hopeful 28%
challenging 14%
emotional 14%
funny 14%
lighthearted 14%
relaxing 14%
mysterious 7%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 25%
fast 16%

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