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Rare and modern books

Stark, Freya

The Valleys of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels

Modern Library, 2001

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Year of publication
2001
Place of printing
New York
Author
Stark, Freya
Publishers
Modern Library
Keyword
Iran Persia Luristan Assassins
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
New
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

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. 301p. Advance Uncorrected Proof

Edizione: uncorrected proof
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