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Patrick Leigh Fermor
AuthorBooks · Second hand1915-2011
Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot. He played a prominent role in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War, and was widely seen as Britain's greatest living travel writer, on the basis of books such as A Time of Gifts (1977). A BBC journalist once termed him "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene".
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Birth
1915
Death
2011
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Patrick Leigh Fermor was a British polyglot and writer widely regarded as the greatest travel author of his generation.
His most famous work, A Time of Gifts, chronicles his legendary journey on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople.
During the Second World War, he served as an SOE agent and played a pivotal role in the Cretan resistance.
His life was a fascinating blend of academic scholarship, a military career as a spy, and an insatiable passion for travel.
Throughout his prolific career, he published over thirty works exploring geography, history, and the human experience.