Patrick Leigh Fermor

Roumeli

Travels in Northern Greece

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in John Murray B-format, the famous exploration of Northern Greece by the great twentieth century travel writer known to generations for A Time of Gifts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray / Murray
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 184g
• ISBN-13: 9780719566929
• ISBN-10: 0719566924
• Artikelnr.: 14401748

Autorenporträt

After his famous walk across Europe - recounted in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water - Patrick Leigh Fermor lived and travelled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania and fought in Greece and Crete - living disguised as a shepherd in the mountains for two years organising resistance activities. He was awarded the DSO and CBE, and a knighthood in the 2004 new Year Honours List.

Rezensionen

Mani and Roumeli: two of the best travel books of the century Financial Times