A review by colinlusk
A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople - from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube by Patrick Leigh Fermor

4.0

Europe, in the last months before the second world war, is described beautifully by an educated, observant, interesting writer. He's out there in nature, sketching the people and places while all the time the pressure is building for war - Nazism is taking hold in minds and social Democrats are fighting fascists in the street. Powerful stuff.