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Patrick Leigh Fermor was born in London, England on February 11, 1915. During World War II, he was the architect of the kidnapping of the commander of the German garrison on Crete. He wrote several books including A Time of Gifts, Between the Woods and the Water, The Traveller's Tree, The Violins mostrar más of Saint-Jacques, Mani, and Roumeli. He was also a translator. He received a military OBE in 1943. He died on June 10, 2011 at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.

Series

Obras de Patrick Leigh Fermor

Un tiempo para callar (1957) 829 copias, 31 reseñas
Mani : viajes por el sur del Peloponeso (1958) 735 copias, 14 reseñas
El último tramo (2013) 666 copias, 19 reseñas
Roumeli : viajes por el norte de Grecia (1966) 531 copias, 7 reseñas
Los violines de Saint Jacques (1953) 273 copias, 11 reseñas
Words of Mercury (2003) — Autor — 223 copias, 2 reseñas
Three Letters from the Andes (1991) 137 copias, 6 reseñas
The Seven Deadly Sins (1977) — Contribuidor — 90 copias, 1 reseña

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Los días contados (1934) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones613 copias, 14 reseñas
Ill Met by Moonlight (1950) — Epílogo, algunas ediciones497 copias, 11 reseñas
The Cretan Runner (1955) — Traductor — 300 copias, 3 reseñas
Gigi / Julie de Carneilhan / Chance Acquaintances (1945) — Traductor, algunas ediciones286 copias, 4 reseñas
Las almas juzgadas. Escrito en la pared.Trilogia Transilvana II (1934) — Introducción, algunas ediciones215 copias, 7 reseñas
El reino dividico. Escrito en la pared. Trilogía Transilvana (1940) — Introducción, algunas ediciones204 copias, 6 reseñas
The Pleasure of Reading (1992) — Contribuidor — 189 copias, 8 reseñas
The Norton Book of Travel (1987) — Contribuidor — 112 copias, 1 reseña
Chance Acquaintances and Julie de Carneilhan (1940) — Traductor, algunas ediciones92 copias
The Red Thread: Twenty Years of NYRB Classics: A Selection (2019) — Contribuidor — 58 copias
Oxtravels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers (2011) — Contribuidor — 57 copias, 3 reseñas
Roumanian Journey (1992) — Introducción, algunas ediciones28 copias, 2 reseñas
The Rash Adventurer: A Life of John Pendlebury (2007) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones22 copias
Vanishing Greece (1991) — Introducción, algunas ediciones22 copias
Travelers Tales of Old Cuba (2002) — Contribuidor — 16 copias, 1 reseña
Forever Ulysses — Traductor, algunas ediciones12 copias
Ghika: Peintures, Dessins, Sculptures — Traductor, algunas ediciones1 copia

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Nombre canónico
Leigh Fermor, Patrick
Nombre legal
Leigh Fermor, Sir Patrick Michael
Otros nombres
Fermor, Paddy Leigh
Fecha de nacimiento
1915-02-11
Fecha de fallecimiento
2011-06-10
Lugar de sepultura
Dumbleton, Gloucestershire, England.
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
País (para mapa)
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
London, England, UK
Lugar de fallecimiento
Worcestershire, England, UK
Lugares de residencia
Crete
Kardamyli, Mani, Greece
Worcestershire, England, UK
Educación
King's School, Canterbury, England, UK (expelled)
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
Ocupaciones
army officer (WWII)
travel writer
author
Relaciones
Fermor, Lewis Leigh (father)
Chatwin, Bruce (friend)
Moss, W. Stanley (fellow officer)
Fielding, Xan (fellow officer, friend)
Eyres Monsell, Joan (spouse)
Hayden, Sir Henry Hubert (godfather) (mostrar todos 7)
Fielding, Daphne (friend)
Organizaciones
Special Operations Executive (WWII)
British Army (WWII)
Premios y honores
Distinguished Service Order
Order of the Phoenix, Greece (Commander)
Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor (2004)
Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Agente
Jock Murray (John Murray)
Biografía breve
Patrick Leigh Fermor was one of the world's great travellers and travel writers. He was also a courageous officer in the British Special Operations Executive in World War II. The BBC once described him as "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Graham Greene."
Aviso de desambiguación
Note that this author's surname is Leigh Fermor, first name is Patrick.

Miembros

Debates

Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1915-2011 en Folio Society Devotees (octubre 2014)

Reseñas

Leigh Fermor takes up right where he left off in A Time of Gifts, having just crossed into Hungary in his journey across Europe on foot. His journey across Hungary includes stops at various castles and estates belonging to friends of the friends that he made in earlier stages of his journey. Leigh Fermor seems reluctant to leave his new friends and acquaintances behind. The Leigh Fermor who wrote the book several decades after the Holocaust and World War II, as well as his readers, are aware of an added melancholy because we know what the young Leigh Fermor and his acquaintances did not – how much destruction lay ahead in the not-too-distant future.… (más)
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cbl_tn | 29 reseñas más. | Jun 27, 2024 |
A tale of the mythical island of Saint-Jacques des Alises, full of passion and beauty. The descriptions are magical and the story is worth a listen as the traveler did of events long ago and far away.
 
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TomMcGreevy | 10 reseñas más. | Dec 15, 2023 |
I enjoyed reading about Fermor's visits to the various monasteries, having first become enamored with the idea of living the monastic life after reading Geoffrey Moorhouse's Sun Dancing, the history of Skellig Michael. I had the opportunity to tour Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire in 2015, and would love the chance to spend time at a functioning monastery today! While I'm sure that's not an option, one can dream!
 
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classyhomemaker | 30 reseñas más. | Dec 11, 2023 |

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Obras
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19
Miembros
8,569
Popularidad
#2,809
Valoración
4.0
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196
ISBNs
227
Idiomas
13
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