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Copyright © 1986 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: Albrecht Altdorfer, View of the Danube near Regensburg, c. 1520 Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Scala/Art Resource

Cover design: Katy Homans

The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier printing as follows:

Fermor, Patrick Leigh.

 Between the woods and the water / by Patrick Leigh Fermor ; introduction by Jan Morris.

p. cm. — (New York Review Books classics)

 Continues: A time of gifts.

 Originally published: London : Murray, 1986. With new introd.

 Includes index.

 ISBN 1-59017-166-7 (alk. paper)

 1. Danube River Valley—Description and travel. 2. Europe, Eastern—Description and travel. 3. Fermor, Patrick Leigh—Travel—Danube River Valley. I. Title. II. Series.

 DJK76.4.F47 2005

 914.96—dc22

2005012027

eISBN 978-1-59017-518-7
v1.0

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