Dame Freya Madeleine Stark, DBE (b. 31 Jan1893, Paris France - d. 9 May 1993, Asolo Italy) was a British travel writer. In between that time, she was famous for her experiences in the Middle East, her writing, and her cartography. Freya Stark was not only one of the first Western women to travel through the Arabian deserts (Hadhramaut); she often travelled solo into areas where few Europeans, let alone women, had ever been. Wikipedia
Born in Paris and educated in London, Dame Freya Stark (1893-1993) invested a great deal of time and money learning Arabic and other languages, which would be her tools of discovery. fodors.iexplore.com/res/explorer_stark.jhtml
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Freya Stark-traveler, explorer, Arabist, and woman of letters-began the extraordinary adventures that would glamorize her-and would catapult her into public life for the next sixty years-in 1927. And with the publication of The Valley of the Assassins in search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=...
