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Roumeli
Now in John Murray B-format, the famous exploration of Northern Greece by the great twentieth century travel writer known to generations for A Time of Gifts.
Now in John Murray B-format, the famous exploration of Northern Greece by the great twentieth century travel writer known to generations for A Time of Gifts.
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Patrick Leigh Fermor's Mani compellingly revealed a hidden world of Southern Greece and its past. Its northern counterpart takes the reader among Sarakatsan shepherds, the monasteries of Meteora, and the villages of Krakora, among itinerant pedlars and beggars, and even tracks down at Missolonghi a pair of Byron's slippers.
Roumeli is not on modern maps: it is the ancient name for the lands from the Bosphorus to the Adriatic and from Macedonia to the Gulf of Corinth. But it is the perfect, evocative name for the Greece that Fermor captures in writing that carries throughout his trademark vividness of description.
But what is more, the pictures of people, traditions, and landscapes that he creates on the page are imbued with an intimate understanding of Greece and its history.
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Roumeli by Patrick Leigh Fermor receives high praise for its eloquent and poetic prose, capturing the essence of Greece with vivid descriptions and profound cultural insights. Reviewers commend Fermor’s ability to immerse himself in the places he describes, bringing the landscape and history alive. His writing is celebrated for being deeply engaging, demonstrating a rare understanding of Greece that resonates with both scholars and general readers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780719566929
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 July 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Illustration: frontispiece and map
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 184g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
After his famous walk across Europe - recounted in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water - Patrick Leigh Fermor lived and travelled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. In the Second World War he joined the Irish Guards, became a liaison officer in Albania and fought in Greece and Crete - living disguised as a shepherd in the mountains for two years organising resistance activities. He was awarded the DSO and CBE, and a knighthood in the 2004 new Year Honours List. His writing career, spanning over fifty years, includes six other titles available in John Murray paperback. He lives in Greece, in a house he designed and built.
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