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From the French Abbey of St Wandrille to the abandoned and awesome Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia in Turkey, the celebrated travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings. In his occasional retreats, the peaceful solitude and the calm enchantment of the monasteries was passed on as a kind of 'supernatural windfall' which A Time to Keep Silence so effortlessly records.
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A Time to Keep Silence, Patrick Leigh Fermor
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- Released
- 2004
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 0719555272
- ISBN13
- 9780719555275
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Religion & Spirituality, Biographies, Travel, Religious Topics, Religion, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Christian Themes, Travelogues, Christianity, France, Gifts for women, Monasteries, Abbeys
- First published
- 1957
- Original title
- A Time To Keep Silence
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- From the French Abbey of St Wandrille to the abandoned and awesome Rock Monasteries of Cappadocia in Turkey, the celebrated travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor studies the rigorous contemplative lives of the monks and the timeless beauty of their monastic surroundings. In his occasional retreats, the peaceful solitude and the calm enchantment of the monasteries was passed on as a kind of 'supernatural windfall' which A Time to Keep Silence so effortlessly records.