This book is the story of the author's cosmopolitan upbringing that shaped her destiny as a travel writer. She was born in Paris and started travelling at an early age when she was carried over the Pelmo Pass at the age of two. By the time she was five she could speak three languages and had lived in several European countries. She became a nurse in the Frist World War and was caught up in the retreat from Caporetto. Afterwards she learned Arabic and mountaineering in Europe. Dame Freya Start has written a second volume of autobiography, "Beyond Euphrates", as well as many travel books including "The Coast of Incense", "Dust in the Lion's Paw", "East is West" and "The Southern Gates of Arabia".
- ISBN10 071263049X
- ISBN13 9780712630498
- Publish Date 13 July 1989 (first published November 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 April 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English