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'Mani and Roumeli: two of the best travel books of the century' (Financial Times )
'A masterpiece softened by warm, human understanding' (Sunday Times )
'Marvellous... we are fortunate to have these unforgettable reports from the fields and the marshes, the peaks and the chasms, the taverns and the waterfronts of the Roumeli' (Observer )
'A wandering scholar but with a difference: unlike the celebrated travellers of the past he has become part of the country he describes' (Sunday Times )
'He is in the first flight of writers on Greece' (The Times )
'John Murray is doing the decent thing and reissuing all of Leigh Fermor's main books ... But what else would you expect from a publisher whose commitment to geography is such that for more than two centuries it has widened our understanding of the world?' (Geographical Magazine )
'Bringing the landscape alive as no other writer can, he uses his profound and eclectic understanding of cultures and peoples ... to paint vivid pictures - nobody has illuminated the geography of Europe better' (Geographical Magazine )
'Leigh Fermor is a writer's writer, a man whose prose is frequently and justifiably likened to poetry. He writes like an angel in other words -- and angels don't date' (Justin Marozzi, Financial Times )
'A masterpiece softened by warm, human understanding' (Sunday Times )
'Marvellous... we are fortunate to have these unforgettable reports from the fields and the marshes, the peaks and the chasms, the taverns and the waterfronts of the Roumeli' (Observer )
'A wandering scholar but with a difference: unlike the celebrated travellers of the past he has become part of the country he describes' (Sunday Times )
'He is in the first flight of writers on Greece' (The Times )
'John Murray is doing the decent thing and reissuing all of Leigh Fermor's main books ... But what else would you expect from a publisher whose commitment to geography is such that for more than two centuries it has widened our understanding of the world?' (Geographical Magazine )
'Bringing the landscape alive as no other writer can, he uses his profound and eclectic understanding of cultures and peoples ... to paint vivid pictures - nobody has illuminated the geography of Europe better' (Geographical Magazine )
'Extraordinarily engaging . . . thanks to Leigh Fermor's ability to turn an insight into a telling phrase . . . a compelling story'
(London Review of Books )'Leigh Fermor is a writer's writer, a man whose prose is frequently and justifiably likened to poetry. He writes like an angel in other words -- and angels don't date' (Justin Marozzi, Financial Times )
'A Book For... The Greek islands'
(Justin Marozzi, Financial Times )Sunday Times
'A masterpiece softened by warm, human understanding'
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Patrick Leigh Fermor is the greatest living Englishman; admittedly the competition isn't very stiff at the moment. This book is of course brilliant. It is full of 'flowery language' and by page 50 you will have given up everything else in life to get on with it. The only thing it lacks is a sustained PLF flight of fancy like the Last Emperor of Byzantium riff or world-spanning cock-crow from 'Mani', or certain passages from the On Foot to Constantinople books; otherwise it is every bit as good as them.
Among other treats he gatecrashes a wedding of the elusive and mysterious Sarakatsans; visits the Boliarides of the Kravara, a tribe of cunning and far-travelling mendicants, learns their unique cant and hears tales of their glory days conning the credulous the length of Eastern Europe; penetrates the clifftop monasteries of Thessaly; propounds his theory of the Romois-Hellene split in the Greek national psyche; reminisces of his time on Crete during the war; and tells the story of the remarkable Lady Wentworth and Byron's lost shoes. He magically evokes the charm of the people and the beauty of the landscape, and his own charm and brilliance, his infectious enthusiasm and insatiable curiosity, shine out constantly, and you learn something new and wonderful on every page.
If you're already a Leigh Fermor addict you don't really care about this review, and only poverty, coma, or being trapped down a mineshaft have prevented you buying this book already. If you aren't, all you need to know is that he's the best travel writer of the past hundred years, and quite arguably the best writer in any field living.
Among other treats he gatecrashes a wedding of the elusive and mysterious Sarakatsans; visits the Boliarides of the Kravara, a tribe of cunning and far-travelling mendicants, learns their unique cant and hears tales of their glory days conning the credulous the length of Eastern Europe; penetrates the clifftop monasteries of Thessaly; propounds his theory of the Romois-Hellene split in the Greek national psyche; reminisces of his time on Crete during the war; and tells the story of the remarkable Lady Wentworth and Byron's lost shoes. He magically evokes the charm of the people and the beauty of the landscape, and his own charm and brilliance, his infectious enthusiasm and insatiable curiosity, shine out constantly, and you learn something new and wonderful on every page.
If you're already a Leigh Fermor addict you don't really care about this review, and only poverty, coma, or being trapped down a mineshaft have prevented you buying this book already. If you aren't, all you need to know is that he's the best travel writer of the past hundred years, and quite arguably the best writer in any field living.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Paddy Leigh Fermor is one of the most rewarding and enlightening travel authors ever. I must admit, I sit reading his books with a dictionary beside me, but half the time you can work out the meanings with a bit of thought and it all adds to the tremendous feeling of enrichment. Roumeli is a must for anyone travelling in Greece who wants to look beneath the modern superficialities. If you enjoy Thesiger, you'll love this.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have much enjoyed Patrick Leigh Fermor's books on his walk from the Hook of Holland to Amsterdam and am still awaiting the final leg.
This book, however, was hard work. I have a fair knowledge of Greek and Greece but found many of the references so obscure as to be meaningless. There are, particularly later in the book, however, some memorable tales and it is worth sticking at it to read them.
I also found the transliteration into Roman characters from Greek most unhelpful - Greek with translations would have been much better.
This book, however, was hard work. I have a fair knowledge of Greek and Greece but found many of the references so obscure as to be meaningless. There are, particularly later in the book, however, some memorable tales and it is worth sticking at it to read them.
I also found the transliteration into Roman characters from Greek most unhelpful - Greek with translations would have been much better.
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