The Southern Gates of Arabia by Sara Wheeler, Freya Stark

The Southern Gates of Arabia

Sara Wheeler, Freya Stark

336 pages first pub 1936 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

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Embarking from the Gulf of Aden, Stark rode north along the ancient incense route. She was the first European woman to set foot in many places there, and the first foreigner to visit the white-walled city of Huraidha. As a woman, she was able to b...

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