Valleys of the Assassins

Freya Stark, described byThe Times of Londonas "the last of the Romantic Travellers" upon her death in 1993, published during her lifetime more than thirty books about her travels in the Middle East, includingThe Southern Gates of Arabia. Jane Fletcher Geniesse is a former reporter forThe New York Timesand the author of the biographyPassionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark, a finalist for the 1999 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. Her writing has been featured inThe Washington Post, New York magazine,andTown & Country. She lives in Washington, D.C.Stark, Freya is the author of 'Valleys of the Assassins', published 2001 under ISBN 9780375757532 and ISBN 0375757538.