{"product_id":"9781399836852","title":"A Time of Gifts : On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSue says about A Time of Gifts \"\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eA truly inspiring example of travel writing and memoir combined,\u003c\/span\u003e about Fermor’s journey on foot across Europe in 1933. I was blown away by the writing and went on to read the other two parts of the trilogy. Incredible.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eHailed 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\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Fermor, Patrick Leigh\u003cbr\u003eEurope\u003cbr\u003ePublished on 16 July 2026 by John Murray Press (John Murray Publishers Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages, N\/A\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 27 | 266g\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fermor, Patrick Leigh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58976956711286,"sku":"9781399836852","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0362\/8423\/5908\/files\/9781399836852.jpg?v=1791886411","url":"https:\/\/haslemerebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781399836852","provider":"The Haslemere Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}