A remarkable account of adventures in remote Persia by the intrepid Freya Stark, originally published in 1934 -- and an instant bestseller. It displays all the verve, wit and derring-do of her best accounts. Her expedition discovered the site of Lammassar, the second of the great fortresses to be discovered in the remote Alamut Valley.  (MDE53, $15.00)

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