{"product_id":"a-time-of-gifts-on-foot-to-constantinople-from-the-hook-of-holland-to-the-middle-danube-9781590171653","title":"A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube","description":"At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off from the heart of London on an epic journey--to walk to Constantinople. \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary, after which \u003ci\u003eBetween the Woods and the Water\u003c\/i\u003e continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and intelligence, Leigh Fermor's book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler has just come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon to be forever changed--through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to Teutonic and Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy Roman Empire; up the Rhine, and down to the Danube. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once a memoir of coming-of-age, an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs of the holocaust to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 6.34w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2006 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2008 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Patrick Leigh Fermor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660811825308,"sku":"9781590171653","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_12a08731-8d89-461b-94b5-14b696a39073.jpg?v=1603897595","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-time-of-gifts-on-foot-to-constantinople-from-the-hook-of-holland-to-the-middle-danube-9781590171653","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}