{"product_id":"9781590177808","title":"Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eCooper, Artemis\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNew York Review Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003ePatrick  Leigh Fermor’s enviably colorful life took off when in 1934, at the age  of eighteen, he decided to walk across Europe. In just over a year he  had trekked through nine countries and taught himself three languages,  and his enthusiasm and curiosity for every kind of experience made him  equally happy in caves or country houses, among shepherds or countesses.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e At the outbreak of war he left his lover, Princess Balasha Cantacuzene,  in Romania and returned to England to enlist. Commissioned into the  Intelligence Corps, he became one of the handful of Allied officers  supporting the Cretan resistance to the German occupation. In 1944 he  commanded the Anglo-Cretan team that abducted General Heinrich Kreipe  and spirited him away to Egypt.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A journey to the Caribbean,  stays in monasteries, and explorations all over Greece provided the  subjects for his first books. It was not until he and his wife had moved  to southern Greece that he returned to his earliest walk. In these  books, which took many years to write, he created a vision of a prewar  Europe, which in its beauty and abundance has never been equaled.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Artemis Cooper has drawn on years of interviews and conversations with  Leigh Fermor and his closest friends, and has had complete access to his  archive. Her beautifully crafted biography, now available in paperback, portrays a man of  extraordinary gifts—no one wore their learning so playfully nor inspired  such passionate friendship.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374872527103,"sku":"9781590177808","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781590177808_s600x595.jpg?v=1775589325","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781590177808","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}