In the fall of 1928, thirty-five year-old Freya Stark set out on her first journey to the Middle East. She spent most of the next four years in Iraq and Persia, visiting ancient and medieval sites, and traveling alone through some of the wilder corners of the region.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780810160231
Media Type: Paperback(1)
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication Date: 12-04-1996
Pages: 177
Product Dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.70(d)
Series: Marlboro Travel
About the Author
Freya Stark was the author of over thirty-five books, including The Valley of Assassins, Beyond Euphrates, Alexander's Path, and Dust in the Lion's Paw.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Making of a Traveller by Barbara Kreiger
Baghdad Sketches Foreword The Desert Route An Introduction from Damascus In the Moslem Quarter Marie the Armenian Life in the Slum The Makign of a Nationalist Concerning Smells A Chapter of Discord The Life of the River A Visit in the Desert Concerning Manners A Syriac Christmas Education Ramadhan The Fellahin The Nisibin Road The Young Effendi and the Sentimental Traveller The Devil Worshippers The Death of Mandali The Kuwait Journey Kuwait. II 1937 Failichah The "Slaves' Club" Cosmetics The 'Ashura One of the Four Holy Cities of Iraq Samarra and Tekrit Neif