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Freya Stark

Caroline Moorehead

From Shelf: Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries (A personal list of further reading)

Born in Paris in 1893, the wandering life of Freya Stark's childhood left her 'precocious and pretty tough'. Self-disciplined, courageous yet flamboyant and unorthodox, she became a great explorer, a travel writer, geographer, historian and archaeologist.

Born in Paris 1893, a precocious and tough Freya Stark spent her childhood wondering across Europe, speaking three languages by the time she was five. She became one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable and inspirational women. Renowned for her flamboyant and unorthodox behaviour, Freya was also self-disciplined, courageous and remained fearlessly independent throughout her life. As an explorer she was unconventional, always travelling alone, without money or support. Her expeditions in Persia and the Hadhramaut during the thirties established her reputation not only as a great traveller and writer, but also as a geographer, historian and archaeologist. Caroline Moorehead brilliantly captures Freya's extraordinary and eventful life that was tempered by a constant struggle against ill health and loneliness, in this compelling biography.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
ISBN:
9780749016043
Published Date:
21/8/2014
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm
Category:
Biography: historical, political & military

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RRP: £8.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780749016043

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