The Valleys of the Assassins: And Other Persian Travels by Stark, Freya

The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375757532)

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The Valleys of the Assassins: And Other Persian Travels by Stark, Freya

The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels

$20.00
The Valleys of the Assassins: And Other Persian Travels by Stark, Freya

The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, The Valleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's most intrepid explorers. The book chronicles her travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain nestled between Iraq and present-day Iran, often with only a single guide and on a shoestring budget.

Stark writes engagingly of the nomadic peoples who inhabit the region's valleys and brings to life the stories of the ancient kingdoms of the Middle East, including that of the Lords of Alamut, a band of hashish-eating terrorists whose stronghold in the Elburz Mountains Stark was the first to document for the Royal Geographical Society. Her account is at once a highly readable travel narrative and a richly drawn, sympathetic portrait of a people told from their own compelling point of view.

This edition includes a new Introduction by Jane Fletcher Geniesse, Stark's biographer.

Author: Freya Stark
ISBN-10: 0375757538
ISBN-13: 9780375757532
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2001
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.30w x 0.71d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/12/2001 pg. 28
Library Journal 10/01/2001 pg. 148
By Freya Stark
By Freya Stark
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Freya Stark, described by The Times of London as "the last of the Romantic Travellers" upon her death in 1993, published during her lifetime more than thirty books about her travels in the Middle East, including The Southern Gates of Arabia.

Jane Fletcher Geniesse is a former reporter for The New York Times and the author of the biography Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark, a finalist for the 1999 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, New York magazine, and Town & Country. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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