The Broken Road. From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh [Colin Thubron & Artemis Cooper (ed.)]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very nice copy
- Seller
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Synopsis
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011) was an intrepid traveler and a heroic soldier who is widely considered to be one of the finest travel writers of the twentieth century. After his stormy schooldays, followed by the walk across Europe to Constantinople that begins in A Time of Gifts (1977) and continues through Between the Woods and the Water (1986) and The Broken Road (published posthumously in 2013), he lived and traveled in the Balkans and the Greek archipelago. His books Mani (1958) and Roumeli (1966) attest to his deep interest in languages and remote places. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania, and fought in Greece and Crete. He was awarded the DSO and OBE. Leigh Fermor lived partly in Greece—in the house he designed with his wife, Joan, in an olive grove in the Mani—and partly in Worcestershire. In 2004 he was knighted for his services to literature and to British–Greek relations.
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156769
- Title
- The Broken Road. From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
- Author
- Fermor, Patrick Leigh [Colin Thubron & Artemis Cooper (ed.)]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very nice copy
- Edition
- 1st edition / 1st printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- octavo
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