![]() Original blue boards, titles to spine and bird design to front board in gilt. ![]() The author's diary of the Danubian leg of his journey, which forms the basis of this book, had been left behind at a friend's residence in Romania, and was not to be returned to him until many years later. Both works are well known for their "blend of youthful joie de vivre, and erudition that enlightened the reader about the historical background of middle Europe" (ODNB).Ä«etween the Woods and the Water details Fermor's journey from Czechoslovakia, across the Great Hungarian Plain, through Budapest and Romania, to the Iron Gates of the Danube bordering Yugoslavia. First edition, first impression, the second book in Fermor's celebrated travel trilogy that recounts his walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, following A Time of Gifts, published in 1977. ![]()
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