The Traveller's Tree

Paddy’s portrayal of the islands could be said to have jump-started the tourism industry upon which the Caribbean has since largely depended - Geographical Magazine

Being a natural romantic … he was able to probe the hidden recesses of this mixed civilisation and to present us with a picture of the Indies more penetrating and original than any that has been presented before - Harold Nicolson, The Observer

He is the ideal traveller, inquisitive, humorous and vivid in depicting - Sunday Times

Bringing the landscape alive as no other writer can, he uses his profound and eclectic understanding of cultures and peoples … to paint vivid pictures - nobody has illuminated the geography of Europe better - Geographical Magazine

John Murray is doing the decent thing and reissuing all of Leigh Fermor’s main books … But what else would you expect from a publisher whose commitment to geography is such that for more than two centuries it has widened our understanding of the world? - Geographical Magazine

A substantial and fascinating work, with the adventurer’s signature across every page - Daily Mail

No-one has captured and evoked the extraordinary differences between the islands better - Geographical Magazine

Amusing, knowledgeable, and percipient, it is everything a travel book should be. - The Good Book Guide