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Freya Stark
This witty, eye-opening tapestry of writings on travel and a life spent as one of the 20th century’s most formidable adventuresses is Freya Stark at her luminous best.
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Jane Fletcher Geniesse
Fluent in at least seven languages and a writer of ravishing prose accounts of her journeys, Freya Stark was one of the great travel writers of the twentieth century.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
In this captivating travelogue, the legendary explorer Freya Stark takes us on a journey through the ancient land of Ionia, where Greek civilization first flourished. With her keen eye for…
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This work is in the public…
A new edition of this collection of pieces written on Stark’s first journey to the Middle East, in 1928. Over the next four years she travelled alone in Iraq and…
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Written just after the Second World War, this is perhaps the most personal, and haunting, of all Freya Stark’s writings. Each chapter is devoted to a particular theme, from happiness…
Freya Stark was witness to the rise and fall of the British involvement in the country as well as the early years of independence. Painting a portrait of both the…
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The 12th century minaret of Djam is one of Afghanistan’s most celebrated treasures, a magnificent symbol of the powerful Ghorid Empire that once stretched from Iran to India. The second…
A detailed account of famed travel writer Freya Stark’s journey through the Mediterranean
At the outbreak of World War II, Freya Stark travelled to the Middle East to take up her appointment as an official of the Diplomatic Corps. In this book she…
A portrait of the customs and cultures of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula.
In a critically acclaimed travelogue first published in 1934, the author recounts her adventures traveling alone through the Middle East in 1927 and her odyssey through remote areas of Persia…
In the early 1950s, following the trail of ancient Persian and Greek traders, Freya Stark set out by boat to explore the Lycian coast. For all those who now follow…
Now in trade paperback comes the first biography published in America of Freya Stark, last of the great female adventurers and one of the most engaging writers of the 20th…
The travel classic by intrepid explorer Freya Stark, relating her journeys through the infamous ‘Valleys of the Assassins’ alone in the 1930s. A John Murray Journey.
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The noted travel writer provides a compelling account of her failed attempt to locate the lost city of Shabwa, the legendary city of the Queen of Sheba, in a fascinating…
