The Valleys of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels
by Freya Stark
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An intrepid lady set off for the coast of Syria in 1927. Crossing Iraq's desert, she explored Baghdad, Larti, Teheran, and the Throne of Solomon.
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The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library Paperbacks)
July 24, 2001, Modern Library
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The Valleys Of The Assassins
May 1, 1990, Books on Tape, Inc.
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The Valleys of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels
1983, J.P. Tarcher, Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co.
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The valleys of the Assassins: and other Persian travels
1982, Century Publishing Co.
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The Valleys of the Assassins
January 1936, Books on Tape
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Reprint. Originally published: London : J. Murray, 1934.
Includes index.
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Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, The Valleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's most intrepid explorers. 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.
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