A Winter in Arabia

The renowned explorer recounts her expedition to find a lost Arabian city in this “treasure of rare distinction among travel books” ( The New York Times Book Review ). One of the most unconventional and courageous explorers of her time, Freya Stark chronicled her extraordinary Travels in the Near East , establishing herself as a Twentieth Century heroine. A Winter in Arabia recounts her 1937–8 expedition in what is now Yemen, a journey which helped secure her reputation not only as a great trave