Alexander's path : from Caria to Cilicia / Freya Stark by Stark, Freya (1893-1993) - 1970

London: John Murray, 1970. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xix, 283 p., maps ; 20 cm. Summary; This is Dame Freya Stark's account of her third visit to Turkey. Her route was the one which had been taken 22 centuries earlier by Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, and the book aims to provide a bridge into that ancient world. It also offers insights into 20th-century Turkey, along little-used routes through lonely mountain passes, past remote ruins and along the pirate shore, where country people responded gladly to the author's informed curiosity. Dame Freya's other travel books include ""Dust in the Lion's Paw"", ""Coast of Incense"" and ""A Winter in Arabia"". Subjects; Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.). Alexander III, King of Macedonia (356-323 B.C) — Campaigns — Turkey. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) — Campaigns. Stark, Freya — Journeys — Turkey Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) — Campaigns — Turkey. Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.) — Campaigns — Asia Minor. Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.) — Campaigns — Turkey. Alexander III, King of Macedonia. Stark, Freya — Travel — Turkey. Greeks — Turkey — History. Turkey — Description and travel. Turkey — History. Turkey — Description & travel — 1954. Asia Minor — Description and travel. Travel writing. Genre; Illustrated.