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Libri antichi e moderni

Stark, Freya

The Valleys of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels

Modern Library, 2001

15,00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
2001
Luogo di stampa
New York
Autore
Stark, Freya
Editori
Modern Library
Soggetto
Iran Persia Luristan Assassins
Descrizione
S
Sovracoperta
No
Stato di conservazione
Nuovo
Legatura
Brossura
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione
No

Descrizione

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