Over the Rim of the World by Freya Stark

Over the Rim of the World by Freya Stark

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A selection of letters, including several previously unpublished, written by Freya Stark on her famous journeys. She often travelled to places alone as no other European woman had done and tells of events that are now of historical interest such as the rise of Mussolini, and the First World War.

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Over the Rim of the World by Freya Stark

This is a selection of letters, which include several previously unpublished, written by Freya Stark, first to her mother and later to friends, during her famous travels.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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ISBN 13 9780719546198
ISBN 10 0719546192
Title Over the Rim of the World
Author Freya Stark
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Year published 1988-10-20
Number of pages 480
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.