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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. In 1934 her first book, Valley of the Assassins, was hailed as a classic and T.E. Lawrence pronounced Stark 'a gallant... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Freya: Add a description of this character.
- Stewart Perowne
- Gertrude Bell
- Wavell
- Vera
- Mario
- Vyvyan Holt
- Antonin Besse
- Venetia Buddicom
- Pam Hore-ruthven
- Robert Stark
- Guido
- Herbert Young
- Hilda
- Hitler
- Jock Murray
- Mussolini
- Harold Ingrams
- Nigel
- Ismail
- Kinahan Cornwallis
- Churchill
- Sydney Cockerell
- Maxwell
- Lampson
- Rashid Ali
- Doreen
- Lawrence
- Hawtrey
- Elinor
- Henry
- Harold Nicolson
- Mlle
- Shabwa
Setting & Locations edit
- Flora
- Baghdad
- London
- Cairo
- Aden
- Italy
- Iraq
- England
- Egypt
- Palestine
- Britain
- Asolo
- Syria
- Arabia
- Persia
- Damascus
- Yemen
- Middle East
- India
- Rome
- Germany
- America
- Turkey
- Europe
- Islam
- Brummana
- France
- Greece
- Teheran
- Jerusalem
- Canada
- Berlin
- Paris
- Penbedw
- Africa
- Venice
- Dronero
- Lebanon
- Washington
- Devon
- Luristan
- Mukalla
- Beirut
- Abyssinia
- Iran
- Libya
- United States
- Ramadan
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: England
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 070113710X
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: England
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 070113710X
Page Count: 432
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- Dewey: 910
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