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Rome on the Euphrates: The Story of a Frontier
Freya Stark
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Description for Rome on the Euphrates: The Story of a Frontier
Paperback. A detailed account of famed travel writer Freya Stark's journey through the Mediterranean Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 bw integrated illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 40. Weight in Grams: 562.
A detailed account of famed travel writer Freya Stark's journey through the Mediterranean. When Roman legions marched into Asia Minor in 200BC, their plan was to secure a buffer zone between the Mediterranean, which they virtually owned, and the area beyond, which they sought to isolate rather than control. Along the long frontier of the Euphrates in Turkey lay the easternmost limits of the Roman Empire - a region they called Augusta Euphrantentis. Their expanding involvement lasted eight centuries, draining their energies and culminating in the destruction of the bridge that, since the time of Alexander the Great, ... Read more
A detailed account of famed travel writer Freya Stark's journey through the Mediterranean. When Roman legions marched into Asia Minor in 200BC, their plan was to secure a buffer zone between the Mediterranean, which they virtually owned, and the area beyond, which they sought to isolate rather than control. Along the long frontier of the Euphrates in Turkey lay the easternmost limits of the Roman Empire - a region they called Augusta Euphrantentis. Their expanding involvement lasted eight centuries, draining their energies and culminating in the destruction of the bridge that, since the time of Alexander the Great, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848853140
SKU
V9781848853140
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Ref
99-10
About Freya Stark
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.
Reviews for Rome on the Euphrates: The Story of a Frontier
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
New York Times
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Colin Thubron
New York Times
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