Dashing for the post : the letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Fermor, Patrick Leigh, 1915-20112016
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Patrick Leigh Fermor was hailed as the greatest travel writer of his generation. His letters are often entertaining and sometimes instructive. They exhibit many of his most endearing characteristics: his zest for life, his unending curiosity, his keen sense of place, his lyrical descriptive powers, his love of words, his fluency in a remarkable range of languages, his lack of self-importance, his boyish exuberance, and his sense of fun. They draw on his wide reading, and his unflagging enthusiasm for learning.
Main title:
Dashing for the post : the letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor / selected and edited by Adam Sisman.
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Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2016.
Collation:
xxiii, 469 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473622463 (hbk)
Dewey class:
910.4092910.4092 FER
Language:
English
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BRN:
2326663