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Freya Stark (1893–1993)

Author of The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library Paperbacks)

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The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library… 214 copies, 5 reviews
The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (Modern Library… 116 copies
A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen 97 copies, 1 review
Alexander's Path 89 copies, 2 reviews
Baghdad Sketches (Marlboro Travel) 47 copies, 1 review
Traveller's Prelude 38 copies, 2 reviews
Ionia: A Quest 36 copies
Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography, 1928-33 (Century Travellers) 30 copies, 1 review
Dust in the lion's paw; autobiography, 1939-1946 29 copies, 1 review
Perseus in the Wind 25 copies, 1 review
The Lycian Shore (John Murray Travel Classics) 24 copies
East is West 22 copies
The Journey's Echo: Selections from Freya Stark (Ecco Travels) 20 copies
Rome on the Euphrates: The Story of a Frontier 16 copies

Coast of Incense, Autobiography, 1933-39 15 copies

The Minaret of Djam 13 copies

Letters from Syria 12 copies

Riding to the Tigris 11 copies, 1 review

Freya Stark in Persia (The Freya Stark Archives Series) 10 copies

Freya Stark in Southern Arabia 7 copies

The Zodiac Arch 6 copies

Turkey: A Sketch of Turkish History 6 copies

Freya Stark in the Levant 4 copies

Letters. Volume One; The Furnace and The Cup. 1914-30 3 copies

Freya Stark in Iraq & Kuwait (The Freya Stark Archives Series) 3 copies

Over the Rim of the World: Selected Letters 3 copies

The Arab Island; the Middle East, 1939-1943 3 copies

Effendi 2 copies

Seen in the Hadhramaut 2 copies

A Peak in Darien 2 copies

Rivers of time : photographs by Dame Freya Stark 2 copies

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The Virago Book of Christmas (Contributor) 36 copies

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Stark, Dame Freya Madeline

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Asolo, Veneto, Italy

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Perowne, Stewart (husband)

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Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander ∙ 1972)

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