Rome on the Euphrates: The Story of a Frontier - Couverture souple

One of the finest travel writers of our century. --The New Yorker

Few writers have the capacity to do with words what Faberge could do with gems--to fashion them, without violating their quality. It is this extraordinary talent which sets Freya Stark apart from her fellow craftsman in the construction of books on travel. --The Daily Telegraph

It was rare to leave her company without feeling that the world was somehow larger and more promising. Her life was something of a work of art...The books in which she recorded her journeys were seductively individual...Nomad and social lioness, public servant and private essayist, emotional victim and mythmaker. --Colin Thubron, NY Times

'An impressively ambitious book... [Stark's] rendering of Roman history as lived experience, as distinct from chronicled events, makes for a compelling and satisfying read.' --Malise Ruthven, London Magazine

It was rare to leave her company without feeling that the world was somehow larger and more promising. Her life was something of a work of art...The books in which she recorded her journeys were seductively individual...Nomad and social lioness, public servant and private essayist, emotional victim and mythmaker. --Colin Thubron, NY Times

Freya Stark (1893-1993), 'the poet of travel', was the doyenne of Middle East travel writers. Her travels earned her the title of Dame and huge public acclaim. Her many, now classic, books include Traveller's Prelude, Ionia, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Alexander's Path, Dust in the Lion's Paw, East is West and Valleys of the Assassins.