This is a selection of letters, which include several previously unpublished, written by Freya Stark, first to her mother and later to friends, during her famous travels. She became a traveller when she was not quite four. She soon developed a taste for it and journeyed through the Near East and on her own through Persia as no European woman had done before, depicting the history, landscape and people. During the First World War she nursed in Caporetto, in the 1920s she was in Italy and saw the rise of Mussolini, in the ...
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This is a selection of letters, which include several previously unpublished, written by Freya Stark, first to her mother and later to friends, during her famous travels. She became a traveller when she was not quite four. She soon developed a taste for it and journeyed through the Near East and on her own through Persia as no European woman had done before, depicting the history, landscape and people. During the First World War she nursed in Caporetto, in the 1920s she was in Italy and saw the rise of Mussolini, in the 1930s she explored the Near East, and was Information Officer in Aden, Cairo, Baghdad, India and the United States for the duration of the Second World War. She describes her experiences during events which are now of historical interest.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Good selection of Stark's letters, some previously unpublished. Foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Stock toned, commensurate with quality, but otherwise all in near fine internal order. No inscriptions. Smart green boards with bright gilt titling, very lightly faded to extremities. VG unclipped d/j, a little faded to spine. 8vo. [12] 404pp.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1st edition, 1988, edited by Caroline Moorehead; foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Pages slightly yellowed; minor shelf-wear to dust jacket. Overall a nice clean copy.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1st edition, with a foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Pages slightly age-yellowed otherwise a very nice clean, bright copy in tight binding. Dust jacket protected in removable clear film.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. 404 p. Audience: General/trade. Hardback 404 pages, ex-library book with marks & stickers, tight binding, most pages are clean with tanning to edges, jacket in very good condition slightly creased.
