The Coast Of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, some wear.
At a time when few Western women dared to venture beyond the familiar, Freya Stark rode into the deserts and mountain kingdoms of the Middle East armed with little more than her extraordinary courage and an insatiable curiosity — and The Coast of Incense chronicles the remarkable years between 1933 and 1939 that would define her legend. This autobiographical volume traces Stark's journeys through Persia, Arabia, and the Levant, presenting intimate portraits of ancient landscapes, tribal customs, and the intricate political currents that swept through the region on the eve of the Second World War. Stark writes with a prose style that is at once lyrical and precise, illuminating the interior life of a woman who refused to be constrained by the conventions of her era. A celebrated figure in the tradition of great British travel writers, she argues through lived experience that true understanding of a culture demands total immersion — not observation from a safe distance. The Coast of Incense stands as a testament to an era of independent exploration that has all but vanished, leaving the reader to wonder what other hidden worlds Stark carried home, unwritten, in her memory.
Author: Freya Stark
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, John Murray
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, some wear.
At a time when few Western women dared to venture beyond the familiar, Freya Stark rode into the deserts and mountain kingdoms of the Middle East armed with little more than her extraordinary courage and an insatiable curiosity — and The Coast of Incense chronicles the remarkable years between 1933 and 1939 that would define her legend. This autobiographical volume traces Stark's journeys through Persia, Arabia, and the Levant, presenting intimate portraits of ancient landscapes, tribal customs, and the intricate political currents that swept through the region on the eve of the Second World War. Stark writes with a prose style that is at once lyrical and precise, illuminating the interior life of a woman who refused to be constrained by the conventions of her era. A celebrated figure in the tradition of great British travel writers, she argues through lived experience that true understanding of a culture demands total immersion — not observation from a safe distance. The Coast of Incense stands as a testament to an era of independent exploration that has all but vanished, leaving the reader to wonder what other hidden worlds Stark carried home, unwritten, in her memory.