Three Letters from the Andes

Download or read book Three Letters from the Andes written by Patrick Leigh Fermor and published by Isis Large Print Books. This book was released on 1993-05-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These three letters were written by Patrick Leigh Fermor to his wife in 1971, when he was journeying through Peru with a group of friends. A few minor Andean peaks were climbed -- though not by the author -- and a number of the more popular sights were visited briefly. Yet for anyone looking for the key to the author's fascination as a travel writer, the clues are all here. His characteristic sense of wonder, his scholarship, which makes brief but effective appearances, and his professionalism, in foregoing pleasure jaunts so that he could write up his impressions while they were still fresh.