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Award-Winning Travel Writer Patrick Leigh Fermor Dies at 96

Posted June 12th, 2011 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
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World renowned British travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor, who kidnapped the Nazi military commander of occupied Crete in World War II, has died at age 96. Leigh Fermor’s books about life in Greece and travel across Europe and the Caribbean are regarded as some of the best travel books ever written. They include The Traveller’s […]

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