Words of Mercury

Words of Mercury

By
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor
2003 • 274 pages

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114 books

Italy

Daren
Daren
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Islands Ahead
Ghosts of the Rialto

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26 books

Bulgaria

Daren
Daren
Dragoman Pass
Corner Seat
Pictures from the Balkans
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The Historian
Ox Travels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers

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1,506 books

Travel

Daren
Daren
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
Travelling: An Entertainment
The Wrong Way Home
On The Road To Damascus

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1,235 books

Own To Read

Daren
Daren
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
27,000 Miles Through Australia
For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys
The World at Their Feet; the story of New Zealand mountaineers in the great ranges of the world
Camps and Climbs in Arctic Norway
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
Beyond the Last Oasis: A Solo Walk in the Western Sahara

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2,141 books

Non Fiction

Daren
Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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109 books

Non Fiction Short Story Ies

Daren
Daren
On The Road To Damascus
Great Journeys
Great Railway Journeys
A Merry Dance Around The World
Forest of Memories
Forty Yarns and a Song
Traffics And Discoveries

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342 books

India

Daren
Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Losing Gemma
Sea of Poppies
The Vine Of Desire
Travels Through Sacred India

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423 books

Multi Continent

Daren
Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Wrong Way Home
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
The Bonesetter's Daughter
On The Road To Damascus

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19 books

Romania

Daren
Daren
Dragoman Pass
Travels in the Balkans
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
The Historian
New Europe

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128 books

Excerpt

Daren
Daren
Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder
Piracy, Turtles and Flying Foxes
Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories
Short Stories (Adventure of the Devil's Foot / Man with the Twisted Lip)
Beowulf and Grendel
Life on the Golden Horn
To the Holy Shrines

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113 books

France

Daren
Daren
The Terminal Man
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Let Them Call It Jazz
From Le Pigeonnier
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Sun Also Rises
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

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74 books

Greece

Daren
Daren
The Lost Empire of Atlantis: An Ancient Mystery Revealed
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Corner Seat
Greece and the Islands
Islands Ahead
Captive Kiwi

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5 books

Moldova

Daren
Daren
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
New Europe
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
Off The Map
Words of Mercury

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20 books

Hungary

Daren
Daren
Travels in the Balkans
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
New Europe
Szabad
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Attila the Hun

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62 books

Germany

Daren
Daren
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Corner Seat
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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2,746 books

Owned

Daren
Daren
Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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18 books

Haiti

Daren
Daren
The Comedians
Empire of the Blue Water
A traveller's life
The Candy Machine: How Cocaine Took Over the World
Travels without My Aunt: In the Footsteps of Graham Greene
To Run Across The Sea
Tony Wheeler's dark lands

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1,372 books

Uk Author

Daren
Daren
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
City of Djinns
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Baker's Boy