Words of Mercury : First printing

Fermor, Patrick Leigh ; Cooper, Artemis (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0719561051 / ISBN 13: 9780719561054

Published by John Murray, London, United Kingdom, 2003

About this Item

True first British printing (full print run includes '1'). With original unclipped jacket (£20.00). Edited by Artemis Cooper. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd very small mark, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners, the odd small crease/rub to edges and a few minor scratches to back. Boards are near fine with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. Pages are tanned. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Words of Mercury : First printing
• Publisher: John Murray, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719561051
• ISBN 13: 9780719561054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Patrick Leigh Fermor was only 18 when he set off to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, described many years later in "A Time of Gifts" and "Between the Woods and the Water". It was during these early wanderings that he started to pick up languages, and where he developed his extraordinary sense of the continuity of history: a quality that deepens the colours of every place he writes about, from the peaks of the Pyrenees to the cell of a Trappist monastery. His experiences in wartime Crete sealed the deep affection he had already developed for Greece, a country whose character and customs he celebrates in two books, "Mani" and "Roumeli", and where he has lived for over forty years. Whether he is drawing portraits in Vienna or sketching Byron's slippers in Missolonghi, the Leigh Fermor touch is unmistakable. Its infectious enthusiasm is driven by an insatiable curiosity and an omnivorous mind - all inspired by a passion for words and language that makes him one of the greatest prose writers of his generation.

About the Author

Artemis Cooper is the author of Cairo in the War 1939--1945 and other highly acclaimed books. She is now preparing, with Antony Beevor, the authorised biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor. She lives in London.