The Southern Gates of Arabia : A Journey in the Hadramaut (John Murray Travel Classics) download epub
by Freya Stark
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Published August 2003 by John Murray. The Southern Gates of Arabia (Buckram bound). Published 2014 by The Folio Society
Published August 2003 by John Murray. Paperback, 288 pages. Published 2014 by The Folio Society. Buckram bound, 336 pages.
Freya Stark was a remarkable woman who travelled throughout the Middle East in the 1930’s. So when I found this book, I knew I had to read it. The Southern Gates of Arabia was published in 1936, and became an instant bestseller
Freya Stark was a remarkable woman who travelled throughout the Middle East in the 1930’s. She was fluent in Arabic and Arabian history and wrote many popular travel books at a time when women did not travel alone. The Southern Gates of Arabia was published in 1936, and became an instant bestseller. Stark traveled to the Hadhramaut region (now part of Yemen) in 1934 to find the lost city of Shabwa, which is along the ancient frankincense I learned of Freya Stark when I read Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell, when he was the Minister of Information in Cyprus.
Though she journeyed through the canyons and mountains of the Hadhramaut extensively and by any .
Though she journeyed through the canyons and mountains of the Hadhramaut extensively and by any means possible, Stark's goal was never reached, but the ending to her story was nevertheless - and in characteristic fashion - dramatic. Though Shabwa remained elusive, Freya Stark's remarkable journey ensured that her name would forever be associated with Arabia and her travels hailed as intrepid and adventurous as any undertaken by other great explorers of Arabia such as . Lawrence, Richard Burton and Charles Doughty.
a journey in the Hadhramaut. Published June 5, 2003 by John Murray.
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A profusely illustrated record of a journey in a region which has been visited by very few Europeans. MORE BY Foreign Affairs. The Southern Gates of Arabia: a Journey in the Hadramaut. A profusely illustrated record of a journey in a region which has been visited by very few Europeans.
Freya Stark is a writer of incomparable English prose In 1936 she published The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut which, as did many of her thirty-odd books, became a best seller.
Freya Stark is a writer of incomparable English prose. All her writing is infused with depth and sensitivity, and completely lacking in the typical bored/sniffy American or European point of view. Fascinating Tale of a Time of Adventure, Lost Forever. Published by Thriftbooks. In 1936 she published The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut which, as did many of her thirty-odd books, became a best seller. It is now republished by the Modern Library, and is a welcome reminder of a brave, erudite, and witty explorer.
Shelves: travel, travel-old-texts Sometimes, there is more to be said for an unfinished symphony
Shelves: travel, travel-old-texts. Freya Stark was a remarkable woman who travelled throughout the Middle East in the 1930’s. Sometimes, there is more to be said for an unfinished symphony. Freya Stark's The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut ends with its author becoming ill midway on her journey to her ultimate destination, Shabwa, center of the ancient trade in frankincense. Ultimately, Stark is evacuated by the RAF, who send a plane to pick her up from Shibam.
Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of middle East travel writers. Her travels earned her the title of dame and huge public acclaim. Her many, now classic, books include Traveller's Prelude, Ionia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw, East is West and Valleys of the Assassins. Country of Publication.
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ISBN: 0719563380
Category: Travel
Subcategory: Asia
Language: English
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd (May 31, 2003)
Pages: 288 pages
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