Author
Patrick Leigh Fermor
1 award win, 0 nominations across 1 book.
Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) 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 Time of Gifts
1 Award Won
304 pages
Leigh Fermor walked from London to Budapest when he was 18. Sometimes called England's greatest travel writer.
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Awards & Nominations
WH Smith Literary Award