{"product_id":"9781590175170","title":"A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube","description":"At the age of eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor  set off from the heart of London on an epic journey—to walk to Constantinople.  \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e is the rich account of his adventures as far as Hungary,  after which \u003ci\u003eBetween the Woods and the Water\u003c\/i\u003e continues the story to the Iron Gates that divide the Carpathian and   Balkan mountains. Acclaimed for its sweep and  intelligence, Leigh   Fermor’s book explores a remarkable moment in time. Hitler  has just   come to power but war is still ahead, as he walks through a Europe soon    to be forever changed—through the Lowlands to Mitteleuropa, to  Teutonic  and  Slav heartlands, through the baroque remains of the Holy  Roman  Empire; up the Rhine,  and down to the Danube.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At once a memoir of coming-of-age,  an account of a journey, and a dazzling exposition of the English language, \u003ci\u003eA  Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e is also a portrait of a continent already showing ominous signs  of the holocaust to come.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137943945456,"sku":"9781590175170","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590175170_p0.jpg?v=1763809974","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590175170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}