[PDF.20nu] The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library Paperbacks)

The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library Paperbacks)

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 | #657899 in Books |  2001-07-24 |  2001-07-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.99 x.68 x5.22l,.53 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Classic of Travel in Remote Lands|By Craig Deutsche|This book reads on several different levels. At minimum, it is a travelogue through the wilder country of northern Persia in the early 1930s, largely roadless and widely inhabited by bandits. Of more significance, we meet the author, a single British woman adventuring alone and depending upon her wits, humor, and understan|.com |First published in 1934, Freya Stark's classic tale of her travels through Persia has been reprinted once again and is just as much a gem now as when first published. At the age of 37, Stark shocked her fellow Brits by moving to Baghdad, befriending the l

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 a...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library Paperbacks)   |  Freya Stark. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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