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A Time to Keep Silence: Sojourns in monasteries across Europe
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
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About This Item
A Time to Keep Silence
Patrick Leigh Fermor
London, John Murray, 1957. 95p.
First trade hardcover UK.
Signed by the author on the title page.
Clean tight fine copy, cloth spine shows mild toning. No jacket.
Sojourns in monasteries across Europe:
"A Time to Keep Silence (1953) is a travel book by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor. It describes Fermor's sojourns in monasteries across Europe, and is praised by William Dalrymple as a "sublime masterpiece".
This was an early publication from the Queen Anne Press, a small private press, created in 1951 by Lord Kemsley, proprietor of the Sunday Times. In 1952 Kemsley made Leigh Fermor's friend Ian Fleming its managing director. The press concentrated on producing finely printed and bound editions, often with small limitations. A Time to Keep Silence was printed in a limited edition of 500 copies with illustrations by John Craxton.
After revision, an open edition was published by John Murray in 1957. The monasteries discussed include the Abbey of St. Wandrille, Solesmes Abbey and La Grande Trappe. The title is from the Book of Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 3:7)."
Synopsis
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a writer with a unique prose style. 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), 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. He lived partly in Greece—in the house he designed with his wife, Joan, in an olive grove in the Mani—and partly in Worcestershire. He was knighted in 2004 for his services to literature and to British–Greek relations. Karen Armstrong , a historian of religion, spent seven years in a Roman Catholic religious order; she has written about this experience in Through the Narrow Gate and The Spiral Staircase . She is also the author of many books, including A History of God , The Great Transformation , and, most recently, The Bible: A Biography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dorian Gallery
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1934454994809
- Title
- A Time to Keep Silence
- Author
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover red cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Trade UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 95
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- A Time to Keep Silence, Patrick Leigh Fermor, monasteries, europe
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Collaroy Plateau, New South Wales
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