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Description edit
Freya Stark—traveler, explorer, Arabist, and woman of letters—began the extraordinary adventures that would glamorize her—and would catapult her into public life for the next sixty years—in 1927. And with the publication of The Valley of the Assassins in 1934, her legend was launched. Leaving... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Freya Stark: Add a description of this character.
- Stewart Perowne
- Gertrude
- Antonin Besse
- Pam Hore-ruthven
- Wavell
- Hilda
- Venetia
- Hitler
- Sydney Cockerell
- Jock Murray
- Mussolini
- Vera
- Nigel
- Vyvyan Holt
- Churchill
- Herbert Young
- Miles Lampson
- Robert Stark
- Lawrence
- Donald
- Qasim
- John Murray
- Elinor
- Hawtrey
- Ceci
- Mario
- Shabwa
- Himyar
- Madeleine
- Rashid Ali
- Chamberlain
- Shibam
- Pamela Hore-ruthven
- Lucy
Setting & Locations edit
- Aden
- Flora
- London
- Baghdad
- Cairo
- Italy
- Iraq
- Palestine
- Britain
- Yemen
- Egypt
- Arabia
- England
- Middle East
- America
- Indian Ocean
- Rome
- Hadhramaut
- Turkey
- Greece
- Germany
- Syria
- Damascus
- Persia
- Europe
- Teheran
- Paris
- Cana
- Berlin
- Islam
- France
- Jerusalem
- Washington
- United States
- Mukalla
- Asolo
- Abyssinia
- Barbados
- Penbedw
- Libya
- Ramadan
- Hureida
- Africa
- Benghazi
- Sana'a
- Dartmoor
- Venice
- Lord Halifax
First Sentence edit
What I am, and why learning Arabic, is a mystery.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jane Fletcher Geniesse (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0394583965
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0394583965
Page Count: 432
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- Dewey: 910.92
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