Fantastic book, as are all of Paddy Fermor's, detailing the rigors and utter delights of foot travel in a harsh and un"developed" landscape peopled by rural Greeks hospitable to the stranger and ... Read More
The glimpses of the old society, about to yield to the modern age and disappear, are the precious gift of Leigh Fermor.
Nabokov says the good reader has: imagination, memory, a dictionary, and ... Read More
"Mani" is far more than a travelogue. It is a classic book about a remote and fascinating area of Greece by one of Britain's best post-war writers. The Mani is an area within the southern ... Read More
