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Freya Stark





Freya Stark

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born
January 31, 1893 in Paris, France

died
May 09, 1993

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Freya Stark was born in Paris, where her parents were studying art. Her mother, Flora, was an Italian of Polish/German descent; her father, Robert, an English painter from Devon.

In her lifetime she was famous for her experiences in the Middle East, her writing and her cartography. Freya Stark was not only one of the first Western women to travel through the Arabian deserts (Hadhramaut), she often travelled solo into areas where few Europeans, let alone women, had ever been.

She spent much of her childhood in North Italy, helped by the fact that Pen Browning, a friend of her father, had bought three houses in Asolo. She also had a grandmother in Genoa. For her 9th birthday she received a copy of the One Thousand and One Nights, and became fas...more


Average rating: 3.83 · 335 ratings · 50 reviews · 43 distinct works
The Valleys of the Assassin...
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A Winter in Arabia
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1940 — 8 editions
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Ionia: A Quest
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions
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The Minaret of Djam: An Exc...
3.15 of 5 stars 3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions
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The Journey's Echo: Selecti...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1978
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Perseus in the Wind
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1948 — 2 editions
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Beyond Euphrates: Autobiogr...
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Riding to the Tigris
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1959
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More books by Freya Stark…
“One life is an absurdly small allowance.”
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“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.”
Freya Stark

“Christmas is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.”
Freya Stark

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