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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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  In 1933 the precocious Leigh-Fermor set out aged eighteen to walk from Rotterdam to Istanbul. This resulting account, written in the author's later years and first published to great acclaim in 1977, is an absolute wonder of descriptive prose, evoking in retrospect a world luminescent with promise. The first volume of his mysteriously unconcluded On Foot To Constantinople 'trilogy', this is a true classic.

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  Between The Woods & The Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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  In this, the second glorious instalment of 'On Foot to Constantinople', the intrepid Leigh-Fermor is deep into Central Europe, following the Danube through remote villages and wolf-ridden mountains. His writing once again hums with inexhaustible charm and vivid descriptive flair. Brilliant.

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  Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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  First published in 1958, Fermor's account of his adventures in the remote highlands of the Southern Peloponnese is now quite rightly a firmly established classic. Infused with adventure and learning, passion and poetry, tenderness and curiosity, 'Mani' is simply brilliant. Be sure to try 'Roumeli', too.

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  Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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  In the second of the great travel writer's unmissable Greek masterpieces, Fermor recounts with trademark charm and clarity his exploration of the country's rugged northern territories.

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  Time to Keep Silence by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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  Introduced by Karen Armstrong, this is a lovely edition of Patrick Leigh Fermor's account of visiting two French monasteries in the 1950s. A thoughtful, closely observed work which describes the monastic way of life and those who choose it, while exploring the history of European monasticism.

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  Three Letters from the Andes by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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  In the 1970s Patrick Leigh Fermor set off to the Andes with five friends. He recounts the thrilling, occasionally moving journey in a series of letters back home to his wife.

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  The Violins of Saint-Jacques by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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  An elderly French woman recounts tales of her childhood on the Caribbean island of Saint-Jacques in the early 20th century. Vivid, thoughtful and melancholic.