Fine book. However, one needs to be cautious about taking <i>A Time of Gifts</i> and <i>Between the Woods and the Water</i> as transcriptions of fact. In interv

Fine book. However, one needs to be cautious about taking <i>A Time of Gifts</i> and <i>Between the Woods and the Water</i> as transcriptions of fact. In interviews Fermor admitted to conflating characters, fiddling with other details, and so on. He was also working with very little documentation for events that had occurred many years ago.