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The Southern Gates of Arabia Freya Stark

The Southern Gates of Arabia By Freya Stark

The Southern Gates of Arabia by Freya Stark


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Summary

In 1934 Freya Stark travelled alone to the Hadhramaut in what is now Yemen, once the centre of the incense trade. An Arabic speaker, she travelled with tribesmen, accepted hospitality from sultans and Arab chiefs. Here, she gives her first-hand experience of an ancient world that has all but gone.

The Southern Gates of Arabia Summary

The Southern Gates of Arabia by Freya Stark

In 1934 Freya Stark travelled alone to the Hadhramaut in what is now Yemen. Then, it was a little-known country torn by tribal warfare, but it had once been the centre of the hugely profitable incense trade. Freya's aim was to trace the old incense road to the coast. An Arabic speaker, she was able to travel with tribesmen, accept hospitality from sultans and Arab chiefs, and even study harem life. Here, she gives us her first-hand experience of an ancient world that has all but gone.;Freya Stark was one of the greatest women travellers of the 20th century, and also one of the finest travel writers. She inspired a whole generation who followed her. In The Southern Gates of Arabia, she combines a sense of adventure with a unique eye for history and landscape.

The Southern Gates of Arabia Reviews

'This book recaptures all the romance, beauty and primitive atmosphere of that still unspoilt Arabia of spices ... and the high-walled cities and little-known desert stretches.' -- Irish Times 'Extraordinarily rich and authoritative ... a book to treasure' -- New York Times 'There aren't many writers who rise so clearly above the teeming marketplace of travellers as Freya Stark' -- The Spectator 'Freya Stark unites in one mind the traveller, the historian, the philosopher and the poet' -- TLS 'The Hadhramaut is still unfamiliar ... No outsider has caught its spirit as gently and wonderingly as did Freya' -- Tim Mackintosh-Smith

About Freya Stark

Freya Stark was one of the greatest women travellers of the twentieth century and also one of the finest travel writers. She inspired a whole generation who followed her.

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GOR003419699
9780719563386
0719563380
The Southern Gates of Arabia by Freya Stark
Used - Well Read
Paperback
John Murray Press
2003-06-05
288
N/A
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