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Patrick Leigh Fermor

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).

British author, scholar and soldier (1915–2011)

Born	11 February 1915
Died	10 June 2011

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Time of Gifts

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 1977 — 24 editions

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Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 1958 — 23 editions
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The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 1950 — 23 editions
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A Time to Keep Silence

by Patrick Leigh Fermor First published in 1953 — 21 editions

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The Violins of Saint-Jacques

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 1953 — 21 editions
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Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece

by Patrick Leigh Fermor First published in 1674 — 19 editions
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Between the Woods and the Water

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 1986 — 18 editions
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The Broken Road: Travels from Bulgaria to Mount Athos

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 2013 — 14 editions
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Words of Mercury

by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Artemis Cooper First published in 2003 — 6 editions

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Abducting A General: The Kreipe Operation and SOE IN Crete

by Patrick Leigh Fermor First published in 2014 — 6 editions
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In Tearing Haste

by Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor First published in 2008 — 5 editions

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Three Letters from the Andes

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 1991 — 5 editions
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El tiempo de los regalos / Entre los bosques y el agua

by Patrick Leigh Fermor First published in 2017 — 4 editions

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Vanishing Greece

by Patrick Leigh Fermor
First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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More Dashing: Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor

by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Adam Sisman First published in 2018 — 3 editions

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Dashing for the post: the letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor

by Patrick Leigh Fermor First published in 2016 — 2 editions
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The seven deadly sins

by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Cyril Connolly, Edith Dame Sitwell, Evelyn Waugh, W. H. Auden, Christopher Sykes, and Angus Wilson First published in 1962 — 2 editions

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More Tales from the Travellers

by Patrick Leigh Fermor First published in 2005 — 1 edition

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George Psychoundakis: a letter to C.A. Trypanis by Patrick Leigh Fermor

by Patrick Leigh Fermor and C. A. Trypanis First published in 1999 — 1 edition

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Los siete pecados capitales

by W.H. Auden, Cyril Connolly, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Evelyn Waugh, Edith Sitwell, Angus Wilson, and Christopher Sykes First published in 2017 — 1 edition

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British author, scholar and soldier (1915–2011)

Born	11 February 1915
Died	10 June 2011

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OLID: OL605603A
ISNI: 0000000121432599
Integrated Authority File (GND): 122478835
IMDb: nm0500316
Library of Congress Names: n50026885
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): SBLV143083
VIAF: 90641987
Wikidata: Q700616
Inventaire.io: wd:Q700616

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Patrick Leigh Fermor