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THE COAST OF INCENSE is the third book in Freya Stark's autobiography. It covers the middle years (1933-1939). The author emerges as an intelligent and gifted woman, a sensitive observer and a courageous traveler.
Her vivid, intimate descriptions of Egypt, the Persian Gulf, Greece, Italy and the Middle East allows us to travel vicariously with every turn of the page. A sunset in Aden, the treasures of Tutankhamen, dinner with the Sheikh of Kuwait, a visit to the Queen of Iraq, a journey on the Orient Express--all are brought to life.
The real focus of this book, however, is the author's introduction to South Arabia, "whose distant, severe and unimaginable beauty lives in my heart."
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- PublisherJohn Murray General Publishing Division
- Publication date1953
- ISBN 10 0719513294
- ISBN 13 9780719513299
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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Coast of Incense, Autobiography, 1933-39
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John Murray General Publishing Division, 1953
ISBN 10: 0719513294
ISBN 13: 9780719513299
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ISBN 10: 0719513294
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