{"product_id":"between-the-woods-and-the-patrick-leigh-fermor-9781590171660","title":"Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Middle Danube to the Iron Gates","description":"\u003cb\u003eContinuing the epic foot journey across Europe begun in \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e, Patrick Leigh Fermor writes about walking from Hungary to the Balkans. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe journey that Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on in 1933--to cross Europe on foot with an emergency allowance of one pound a day--proved so rich in experiences that when much later he sat down to describe them, they overflowed into more than one volume. Undertaken as the storms of war gathered, and providing a background for the events that were beginning to unfold in Central Europe, Leigh Fermor's still-unfinished account of his journey has established itself as a modern classic. \u003ci\u003eBetween the Woods and the Water\u003c\/i\u003e, the second volume of a projected three, has garnered as many prizes as its celebrated predecessor, \u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The opening of the book finds Leigh Fermor crossing the Danube--at the very moment where his first volume left off. A detour to the luminous splendors of Prague is followed by a trip downriver to Budapest, passage on horseback across the Great Hungarian Plain, and a crossing of the Romanian border into Transylvania. Remote castles, mountain villages, monasteries and towering ranges that are the haunt of bears, wolves, eagles, gypsies, and a variety of sects are all savored in the approach to the Iron Gates, the division between the Carpathian mountains and the Balkans, where, for now, the story ends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Leigh Fermor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590171667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2008 pg. 29","brand":"Patrick Leigh Fermor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048988438783,"sku":"9781590171660","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a5c28ee-c7dd-48eb-b67c-1467fb92f67d.jpg?v=1684998972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-the-woods-and-the-patrick-leigh-fermor-9781590171660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}