Overview :Freya Stark--traveler, explorer, Arabist, and woman of letters--began the extraordinary adventures that would glamorize her--and would catap... Read More
Overview :This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This w... Read More
Overview :Written just after World War II, Perseus in the Wind (named after the constellation) is perhaps the most personal, and haunting, of all Frey... Read More
Overview :With such tantalizing chapters as "In Defence of Smuggling" and "Lunch with Homer," this is a witty, eye-opening tapestry of Freya Stark's w... Read More
Overview :Freya Stark traveled the difficult and often dangerous journey from Kabul to Kandahar and Herat in search of one of Afghanistan's most celeb... Read More
Overview :In the fall of 1928, thirty-five year-old Freya Stark set out on her first journey to the Middle East. She spent most of the next four years... Read More
Overview :This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This ... Read More
Overview :Lycia, on the southwestern coast of Turkey, is an ancient land steeped in mystery, myth, and legend. Figured prominently throughout history ... Read More
Overview :In 1934, famed British traveler Freya Stark sailed down the Red Sea, alighting in Aden, located at the tip of the Arabian peninsula. From th... Read More