Freya Stark (1893–1993)

Autor/a de The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels

Inclou aquests noms: Freya Stark, Freya Stark, Freya Starke, Dame Freya Stark, Freya Stark; Foreword By Lawrence Durrell, Freya [text] & Roiter Stark, Fulvio (Photographs)

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Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of Middle East travel writers. Her travels earned her the title of Dame and huge public acclaim. Her many, now classic, books include Traveller's Prelude, Ionia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw, East is West and Valleys of the Assassins. — biography from Perseus in the Wind… (més)

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Obres de Freya Stark

The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels 499 exemplars, 13 ressenyes

The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadramaut 296 exemplars, 6 ressenyes

A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen 209 exemplars, 3 ressenyes

Alexander's Path 171 exemplars, 4 ressenyes

Baghdad Sketches (Marlboro Travel) 117 exemplars, 3 ressenyes

Ionia: A Quest 77 exemplars

Perseus in the Wind 72 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Traveller's Prelude 68 exemplars, 4 ressenyes

The Lycian Shore (John Murray Travel Classics) 66 exemplars, 2 ressenyes

Beyond Euphrates; autobiography, 1928-1933 65 exemplars, 3 ressenyes

East is West 60 exemplars

Dust in the lion's paw; autobiography, 1939-1946 51 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Rome on the Euphrates 47 exemplars

The Journey's Echo: Selections from Freya Stark (Ecco Travels) 45 exemplars

Coast of Incense: Autobiography, 1933-39 44 exemplars, 1 ressenya

The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan 40 exemplars

Riding to the Tigris 30 exemplars, 2 ressenyes

Letters from Syria 28 exemplars

The Zodiac Arch 20 exemplars

Turkey 16 exemplars

Over the Rim of the World: Selected Letters 12 exemplars

Freya Stark in Southern Arabia 11 exemplars

Rivers of time 11 exemplars

Freya Stark Letters, Vol. 1: The Furnace and the Cup, 1914-30 8 exemplars

Freya Stark in the Levant 8 exemplars

Seen in the Hadhramaut, 8 exemplars

Peak in Darien 4 exemplars

Gateways and caravans; a portrait of Turkey 4 exemplars

Space, Time & Movement in Landscape 2 exemplars

The Arab island : the Middle East, l939-l943 2 exemplars

Travel Writers (The Spoken Word) 2 exemplars

Traveller"s Prelude [ with] Beyond Euphrates [with] The Coast of Incense… 2 exemplars

Letters: Some Talk of Alexander, 1952-59 v. 7 2 exemplars

Letters: The Broken Road, 1947-52 v. 6 (Letters / Freya Stark) 2 exemplars

The Freya Stark story 2 exemplars

Freya Stark Letters, Volume Eight: Traveller's Epilogue 1960-80 1 exemplars

The Minaret Of Djam And Perseus In The Wind 1 exemplars

Letters: New Worlds for Old, 1943-46 v. 5 (Her Letters ; v. 5) 1 exemplars

Letters: The Open Door, 1930-35 v. 2 (Her Letters ; v. 2) 1 exemplars

Letters: Bridge of the Levant v. 4 (Her Letters) 1 exemplars

Letters: The Growth of Danger, 1935-39 v. 3 (Her Letters ; v. 3) 1 exemplars

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També de Freya Stark

The Portable Conservative Reader (Col·laborador) 207 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers (Col·laborador) 186 exemplars, 1 ressenya

Love Letters (Col·laborador) 173 exemplars, 1 ressenya

The Norton Book of Travel (Col·laborador) 108 exemplars, 1 ressenya

The Virago Book of Christmas (Col·laborador) 52 exemplars, 1 ressenya

The thrones of earth and heaven (Col·laborador) 10 exemplars

An Italian diary ; with a foreword by Freya Stark (Pròleg) 1 exemplars

Membres

Top members (books)

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Biblioteques llegades

Edward Estlin Cummings (11), Lawrence Durrell (1), Karen Blixen (1), Edith Sitwell (1)

Preferits dels membres

Membres: tderks, barefootsong, the_red_shoes, membre privat, membre privat, MissHavisham, j.a.lesen, plaugher, membre privat, southernbooklady

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