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In 1933 at the age of 18, Patrck Leigh Fermor started off on foot to Constantinople. The book about the first third of that trip, A Time of Gifts is IMO the best travel book of all time. The account of the second third is almost as good and there's fabulous news for fans--something I thought was lost forever.
For those with taste for WWII hijinks, Leigh Fermor was one of the principals in the story retold in Ill Met by Moonlight by Stanley Moss. A long and fascinating life and a wonderful writer.
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