{"product_id":"a-time-of-gifts","title":"A Time Of Gifts","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003eWITH A FOREWORD BY JAN MORRIS 'A treasure chest' Spectator 'A masterpiece' William Dalrymple, Financial TimesIn 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. Hailed 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.'Rightly considered to be among the most beautiful travel books in the language' Independent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ADS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42873062293584,"sku":"9781399836852","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0211\/2428\/files\/9781399836852_1.jpg?v=1787902465","url":"https:\/\/beaumarisbooks.com.au\/products\/a-time-of-gifts","provider":"Beaumaris Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}