The Valleys of the Assassins by Freya Stark

The Valleys of the Assassins by Freya Stark

Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, The Valleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's most intrepid explorers. The book chronicles her travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain nestled between Iraq and present-day Iran, often with only a single guide and on a shoestring budget.

Stark writes engagingly of the nomadic peoples who inhabit the region's valleys and brings to life the stories of the ancient kingdoms of the Middle East, including that of the Lords of Alamut, a band of hashish-eating terrorists whose stronghold in the Elburz Mountains Stark was the first to document for the Royal Geographical Society. Her account is at once a highly readable travel narrative and a richly drawn, sympathetic portrait of a people told from their own compelling point of view.

This edition includes a new Introduction by Jane Fletcher Geniesse, Stark's biographer.

Freya Stark, who died in 1993 and was dubbed the last of the Romantic Travellers by The Times of London, wrote more than thirty volumes about her journeys in the Middle East throughout her lifetime, including The Southern Gates of Arabia. Jane Fletcher Geniesse is a former New York Times writer and the author of Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark, a PEN/Martha Albrand Award finalist for First Nonfiction in 1999. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, New York magazine, and Town & Country. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.

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ISBN 13	9780375757532
ISBN 10	0375757538
Title	The Valleys of the Assassins
Author	Freya Stark
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2001-07-24
Number of pages	320
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