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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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