Freya Stark by Caroline Moorehead

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Freya Stark by Caroline Moorehead

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Summary

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.

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Freya Stark by Caroline Moorehead

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.

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Caroline Moorehead is the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Iris Origo (reissued by Allison & Busby) and Martha Gellhorn. Her biography of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Dancing to the Precipice, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award in 2009. She lives in London.
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ISBN 13 9780749016043
ISBN 10 0749016043
Title Freya Stark
Author Caroline Moorehead
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Allison & Busby
Year published 2014-08-21
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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