Freya Stark

The Lycian Shore

A Turkish Odyssey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the early 1950s, following the trail of ancient Persian and Greek traders, Freya Stark set out by boat to explore the Lycian coast. For all those who now follow in her wake, there can be no better, more evocative or knowledgeable guide to this, Turkey's most enchanting coast.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9781848853126
• ISBN-10: 1848853122
• Artikelnr.: 33385668

Autorenporträt

Freya Stark (1893-1993) was an explorer and traveller. She was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Maps Foreword by Colin Thubron 1. The Voyage of Elfin 2.
Chios: The Defeat of Athens 3. Samos: The Double Code 4. Patmos to Calymos:
Time 5. Island Pirates: Adventure 6. Cos to Halicarnassus: Captivity 7.
Cnidus: The Persian Governor 8. The Doric Peninsula: Decadence or
Transition 9. Loryma: The Persia Gold 10. The Rhodian Peraea: Civilisation
and the Middle Class 11. Caunus: Alexander's Road 12. Xanthus: The Lycian
Federation 13. Aperlae: Loyalty and the Mercenaries 14. Myra: The Fold 15.
The Chelidonian Cape: Magic 16. Chimaera to Phaselis: The Pool of Time
Dates References Bibliography Index