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“A Time of Gifts is like a Beaujolais Nouveau—very youthful and fresh. Leigh Fermor was from an upper-middle-class background. He had letters of introduction to some of the finest aristocratic houses in Europe. His is an interesting take on Europe on the eve of the disruption of World War Two. Reading these books now is like reading history—this is how Europe was pre-1939.” Read more...
Gail Simmons, Travel Writer
