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Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor copyright © 1940–2010 by the Estate of Patrick Leigh Fermor Compilation, notes, introduction, and editorial matter copyright © 2016 by Adam Sisman
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First published in Great Britain in 2016 by John Murray (Publishers), an Hachette UK Company
Cover illustration by Nathan Gelgud
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fermor, Patrick Leigh, author. | Sisman, Adam, editor.
Title: Patrick Leigh Fermor : a life in letters / Patrick Leigh Fermor ; selected and edited by Adam Sisman.
Description: New York : New York Review Books, 2017. | Original title: Dashing for the Post
Identifiers: LCCN 2017014756| ISBN 9781681371566 (paperback) | ISBN 9781681371573 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Fermor, Patrick Leigh,—Correspondence. | Travel writers—Great Britain—Correspondence. | Soldiers—Great Britain—Correspondence. | BISAC: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.
Classification: LCC PR6056.E65 Z48 2017 | DDC 910.4092 [B]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017014756
ISBN 978-1-68137-157-3
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