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Authors: Patrick Leigh Fermor

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Waal, the,
30
,
31
,
35

Wachau, the,
177–8
,
187
,
237

Wallenstein, Albrecht von,
268
and nn

Wasserman, Jakob,
Christian Wahnschaffe
,
282n

Watts, Alan,
12

Wedgwood, Dame Veronica,
The Thirty Years' War
,
268n

Wellesz, Dr. Egon, Byzantine plainsong,
246

Westphalia,
37
,
38

Wittelsbachs,
93
,
122

World War I,
43–5
,
51
; German attitude,
130
,
131

World War II, the author in Crete,
5
,
86
,
220–1

Worms,
65

Württemberg,
75
,
94

Ybbs,
168
,
169
,
256
; Knight of,
166

Yugoslavia,
236
,
308

Yuste, Hieronymite monastery,
228

Zaltbommel,
31

Ziegler, Hans, and family, harbour the author,
237
,
245
,
253
,
270
,
272–3

Zuyder Zee,
35

THIS IS A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOK

PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS

435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014

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Copyright © 1977 by Patrick Leigh Fermor

Introduction copyright © 2005 by Jan Morris

All rights reserved.

First published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Ltd.

Cover painting: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow (detail), 1565; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna/Bridgeman Art Library

Cover design: Katy Homans

The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:

Fermor, Patrick Leigh.

   A time of gifts / by Patrick Leigh Fermor ; introduction by Jan Morris.

p. cm. — (New York Review Books classics)

   Originally published: London : J. Murray, 1977.

   Includes index.

   ISBN 1-59017-165-9 (alk. paper)

  1. Europe—Description and travel. 2. Europe, Central—Description and travel.

3. Fermor, Patrick Leigh. I. Title. II. Series.

  D923.F47 2005

  914'.0455—dc22

2005011625

eISBN 978-1-59017-517-0
v1.0

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