Mani: Travels in The Southern Peloponnese
by Fermor, Patrick Leigh
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine (Book Condition)/Near Fine ( Jacket Condition)
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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. Michael Gorra teaches English Literature at Smith College. He is the author of After Empire: Scott , Naipaul , Rushdie . His most recent book is Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece . He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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- Bookseller
- Montreal Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304892
- Title
- Mani: Travels in The Southern Peloponnese
- Author
- Fermor, Patrick Leigh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine (Book Condition)
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine ( Jacket Condition)
- Publisher
- John Murray & The Book Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
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Montreal Books
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