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Traveller's Prelude Freya Stark

Traveller's Prelude By Freya Stark

Traveller's Prelude by Freya Stark


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This is an account of the author's cosmopolitan childhood and youth. She was born in Paris and at five years old could speak three languages. She was a nurse in the First World War and later learned Arabic and mountaineering in Europe.

Traveller's Prelude Summary

Traveller's Prelude: Autobiography, 1893-1927 by Freya Stark

This book is the story of the author's cosmopolitan upbringing that shaped her destiny as a travel writer. She was born in Paris and started travelling at an early age when she was carried over the Pelmo Pass at the age of two. By the time she was five she could speak three languages and had lived in several European countries. She became a nurse in the Frist World War and was caught up in the retreat from Caporetto. Afterwards she learned Arabic and mountaineering in Europe. Dame Freya Start has written a second volume of autobiography, Beyond Euphrates, as well as many travel books including The Coast of Incense, Dust in the Lion's Paw, East is West and The Southern Gates of Arabia.

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GOR001522498
9780712630498
071263049X
Traveller's Prelude: Autobiography, 1893-1927 by Freya Stark
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cornerstone
19890713
352
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