• Description: Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor was one of the most celebrated travel writers of the 20th century, renowned for his epic trek on foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul in 1933–1934. This journey became the basis for A Time of Gifts (1977) and Between the Woods and the Water (1986), with the final section published posthumously as The Broken Road in 2013
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1915-2011
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa, Asia
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leigh_Fermor
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q700616
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Leigh Fermor, Patrick. A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople, from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube. London: John Murray, 1977. Leigh Fermor, Patrick. Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople, from the Middle Danube to the Iron Gates. London: John Murray, 1986.
First edition with artwork by John Craxton (Wikipedia)
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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