Adventures along the frankincense trail; The Southern Gates of Arabia, by Freya Stark (John Murray Travel Classics, pounds 9.99).Letters from Madras by Julia Maitland, with introduction and notes by Alyson Price (Woodstock Books, pounds 30).(Features)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: August 16, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Monica Foot

Freya Stark, daughter of a sculptor, was born in Paris, grew up in Italy and in Devonshire and was educated at Bedford College and the London School of Oriental Studies. Once she had mastered Arabic, she began to travel in the Middle East where she was to make numerous solitary journeys in Iran, Luristan and, as here, in the Hadhramaut, once the centre of the vastly profitable incense trade. We now know it as the Yemen and it is still far from being a regular travel destination.

Stark sets out mainly on the back of a donkey, later by car, to follow ...

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