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Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Description for Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Paperback. A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of The Broken Road Editor(s): Sisman, Adam. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 3JJH; BGL; BJ; HBWQ; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of The Broken Road. Handsome, spirited and erudite, Patrick Leigh Fermor was a war hero and one of the greatest travel writers of his generation. He was also a spectacularly gifted friend. The letters in this collection span almost seventy years, the first written ten days before Paddy's twenty-fifth birthday, the last when he was ninety-four. His correspondents include Deborah Devonshire, Ann Fleming, Nancy Mitford, Lawrence Durrell, Diana Cooper and his lifelong companion, Joan Rayner; he wrote his first letter to her in his ... Read more
A revelatory collection of letters written by the author of The Broken Road. Handsome, spirited and erudite, Patrick Leigh Fermor was a war hero and one of the greatest travel writers of his generation. He was also a spectacularly gifted friend. The letters in this collection span almost seventy years, the first written ten days before Paddy's twenty-fifth birthday, the last when he was ninety-four. His correspondents include Deborah Devonshire, Ann Fleming, Nancy Mitford, Lawrence Durrell, Diana Cooper and his lifelong companion, Joan Rayner; he wrote his first letter to her in his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473622494
SKU
V9781473622494
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About Patrick Leigh Fermor
Adam Sisman is the author of several biographies, most recently of John le Carre. His Boswell's Presumptuous Task won the prestigious US National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. He is also co-editor of One Hundred Letters, a volume of selected letters of Hugh Trevor-Roper. Adam is an Honorary Fellow of the University of St Andrews, and a Fellow of ... Read more
Reviews for Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor
A fascinating and engaging sort of autobiography full of the charm found in his travel writings. Wonderful to dip into
Guardian Review
It remains an outright pleasure to be admitted to the company of such a man. This is one of those books that make you feel a little bereft when you finish it
Catholic Herald
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Guardian Review
It remains an outright pleasure to be admitted to the company of such a man. This is one of those books that make you feel a little bereft when you finish it
Catholic Herald
... Read more