Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, TheValleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as oneof her generation's most intrepid explorers. The book chroniclesher travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain nestled betweenIraq and present-day Iran, often with only a single guide and on ashoestring budget.
Stark writes engagingly of the nomadic peoples who inhabit theregion's valleys and brings to life the stories of the ancientkingdoms of the Middle East, including that of the Lords of Alamut,a band of hashish-eating terrorists whose stronghold in the ElburzMountains Stark was the first to document for the RoyalGeographical Society. Her account is at once a highly readabletravel narrative and a richly drawn, sympathetic portrait of apeople told from their own compelling point of view.
This edition includes a new Introduction by Jane FletcherGeniesse, Stark's biographer.
【作者简介】
Freya Stark, described by The Times of London as "thelast of the Romantic Travellers" upon her death in 1993, publishedduring her lifetime more than thirty books about her travels in theMiddle East, including The Southern Gates of Arabia.
Jane Fletcher Geniesse is a former reporter for The New YorkTimes and the author of the biography Passionate Nomad: TheLife of Freya Stark, a finalist for the 1999 PENMartha AlbrandAward for First Nonfiction. Her writing has been featured in TheWashington Post, New York magazine, and Town &Country. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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