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Patrick Leigh Fermor

Bio

Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a celebrated writer. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Order of the British Empire, and was knighted for his services to literature and British- Greek relations. NYRB Classics and New York Review Books publish several of his works of travel writing, including A Time of Gifts, Between the Woods and Water, The Broken Road, The Traveller’s Tree, A Time to Keep Silence, Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, and Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece, as well as his memoir, Abducting a General.

Adam Sisman is the author of several biographies, most recently of John le Carré. His Boswell’s Presumptuous Task won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of St. Andrews.

Patrick Leigh Fermor Books

In Tearing Haste book cover

In Tearing Haste

Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor: A Life in Letters book cover

Patrick Leigh Fermor: A Life in Letters

Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Violins of Saint-Jacques book cover

The Violins of Saint-Jacques

Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Cretan Runner book cover

The Cretan Runner

George Psychoundakis
Abducting a General book cover

Abducting a General

Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Broken Road book cover

The Broken Road

Patrick Leigh Fermor
A Time to Keep Silence book cover

A Time to Keep Silence

Patrick Leigh Fermor
The Traveller's Tree book cover

The Traveller's Tree

Patrick Leigh Fermor
Mani book cover

Mani

Patrick Leigh Fermor
Roumeli book cover

Roumeli

Patrick Leigh Fermor
Between the Woods and the Water book cover

Between the Woods and the Water

Patrick Leigh Fermor
A Time of Gifts book cover

A Time of Gifts

Patrick Leigh Fermor
Mani book cover

Mani

Patrick Leigh Fermor
Roumeli book cover

Roumeli

Patrick Leigh Fermor
A British Achilles book cover

A British Achilles

Lorna Almonds Windmill
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