{"product_id":"time-of-gifts","title":"Time of Gifts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A treasure chest' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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 \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts,\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts \u003c\/i\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\u003cb\u003e'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57258474340696,"sku":"9781399836852","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781399836852_83b22c9e-1a24-4b91-a6c7-c60c8dc3a83b.jpg?v=1780119060","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/time-of-gifts","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}