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Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark

Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark

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作者: Jane Fletcher Geniesse 著

出版社: Random House Publishing Group

出版时间: 2001-07

ISBN: 9780375757464

定价: 192.70

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 448页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Modern Library Paperbacks

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

FreyaStark—traveler,explorer,Arabist,andwomanofletters—begantheextraordinaryadventuresthatwouldglamorizeher—andwouldcatapultherintopubliclifeforthenextsixtyyears—in1927.AndwiththepublicationofTheValleyoftheAssassinsin1934,herlegendwaslaunched.

Leavingbehindamiserablefamilylife,Freyasetout,attheageofthirty-four,toexploreremoteanddangerousregionsoftheMiddleEast.Shewascapturedin1927bytheFrenchmilitarypoliceafterpenetratingtheircordonaroundtherebelliousDruze.SheexploredthemountainousterritoryofthemysteriousAssassinsofPersia,becamethefirstwomantoexploreLuristaninwesternIran,andfollowedancientfrankincenseroutestolocatealostcity.AdmiredbyBritishofficialdom,herknowledgeofMiddleEasternlanguagesandcultureaidedthemilitaryanddiplomaticcorps,forwhomsheconceivedaneffectivepropagandanetworkduringWWII.

ButStark’sindomitablespiritwasforgedbycontradictions,herhigh-profilewanderingsoftenmaskingdeepinsecurities.Achildofprivilege,shegrewupinnearpoverty;shelongedforlove,butconsistentlyfocusedonthewrongmen.Thisisabrilliantandbalancedbiography—filledwithsheikhs,diplomats,nomadwarriorsandchieftains,generals,wouldbelovers,andluminaries.AuthorJaneGeniessedigsbeneaththemythologytouncoveracomplex,quixotic,andcontroversialwoman.
JaneFletcherGeniesseisaformerreporterforTheNewYorkTimeswhosewritinghasbeenfeaturedinTheWashingtonPost,NewYorkmagazine,andTown&Country,amongothers.Sheistheauthorofanovel,TheRichesofLife,andlivesinWashington,D.C.
内容简介:
FreyaStark—traveler,explorer,Arabist,andwomanofletters—begantheextraordinaryadventuresthatwouldglamorizeher—andwouldcatapultherintopubliclifeforthenextsixtyyears—in1927.AndwiththepublicationofTheValleyoftheAssassinsin1934,herlegendwaslaunched.

Leavingbehindamiserablefamilylife,Freyasetout,attheageofthirty-four,toexploreremoteanddangerousregionsoftheMiddleEast.Shewascapturedin1927bytheFrenchmilitarypoliceafterpenetratingtheircordonaroundtherebelliousDruze.SheexploredthemountainousterritoryofthemysteriousAssassinsofPersia,becamethefirstwomantoexploreLuristaninwesternIran,andfollowedancientfrankincenseroutestolocatealostcity.AdmiredbyBritishofficialdom,herknowledgeofMiddleEasternlanguagesandcultureaidedthemilitaryanddiplomaticcorps,forwhomsheconceivedaneffectivepropagandanetworkduringWWII.

ButStark’sindomitablespiritwasforgedbycontradictions,herhigh-profilewanderingsoftenmaskingdeepinsecurities.Achildofprivilege,shegrewupinnearpoverty;shelongedforlove,butconsistentlyfocusedonthewrongmen.Thisisabrilliantandbalancedbiography—filledwithsheikhs,diplomats,nomadwarriorsandchieftains,generals,wouldbelovers,andluminaries.AuthorJaneGeniessedigsbeneaththemythologytouncoveracomplex,quixotic,andcontroversialwoman.
作者简介:

JaneFletcherGeniesseisaformerreporterforTheNewYorkTimeswhosewritinghasbeenfeaturedinTheWashingtonPost,NewYorkmagazine,andTown&Country,amongothers.Sheistheauthorofanovel,TheRichesofLife,andlivesinWashington,D.C.

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