The second volume of exuberant, lively letters from legendary travel
writer Patrick Leigh Fermor The first collection of letters from
Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dashing for the Post, delighted critics and
public alike. This second volume, More Dashing, presents a further
selection of letters that exude a zest for life and adventure
characteristic of the man known to all as 'Paddy'. Paddy's exuberant
letters contain glimpses of the great and the good: a chance
conversation with the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden, when Paddy
opens the wrong door, or a glass of ouzo under the pine trees with
Harold Macmillan. They describe encounters with such varied figures as
Jackie Onassis, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Oswald Mosley and Peter
Mandelson, while also relating adventures with the humble: a
'pick-nick' with the stonemasons at Kardamyli, or a drunken
celebration in the Cretan mountains with his old comrades from the
Resistance, most of them simple shepherds and goatherds. Paddy was at
ease in any company – unfailingly charming, boyish, gentle and fun.
Patrick Leigh Fermor has long been recognised as one of the greatest
travel writers of his time. Nowhere is his restless curiosity and
delight in language more dazzlingly displayed than in his letters,
skilfully edited in this collection by Adam Sisman.
Les mer
Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781408893678
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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