{"product_id":"9781399836852","title":"A Time of Gifts","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his 'great trudge', a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Three decades later he wrote 'A Time of Gifts', the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure. Alone, carrying only a rucksack and a small allowance, he travelled through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary. Hailed as a masterpiece, 'A Time of Gifts' is in part a coming-of-age memoir, but also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that - despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, great rivers and grand cities - was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fermor, Patrick Leigh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57059448717690,"sku":"9781399836852","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781399836852.jpg?v=1783763354","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781399836852","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}