{"product_id":"9781399836852","title":"A Time of Gifts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1933, aged eighteen, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on his ‘great trudge’, a year-long journey by foot from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul. Three decades later he wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the sparklingly original account of the first part of this youthful adventure. Alone, carrying only a rucksack and a small allowance, he travelled through the Low Countries, up the Rhine, through Germany, down the Danube, through Austria and Czechoslovakia, and as far as Hungary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHailed as a masterpiece, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Time of Gifts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis in part a coming-of-age memoir, but also a rich and compelling portrait of a continent that – despite its resplendent domes and monasteries, great rivers and grand cities – was soon to be swept away by war, modernisation and profound social change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50760305082614,"sku":"9781399836852","price":88.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/8050\/3286\/files\/hbg-title-a-time-of-gifts-8-24.webp?v=1780978106","url":"https:\/\/shop.litbooks.com.my\/products\/9781399836852","provider":"Lit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}