Alexander's path
Subtitle: from Caria to Cilicia
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1958
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356-323 B.C. -- Campaigns -- Turkey; Turkey -- Description and travel
Description: Freya Stark's account of her third visit to Turkey. Her route was the one taken 22 centuries earlier by Alexander the Great, and the book aims to provide a bridge into that ancient world. It also offers insights into 20th-century Turkey, via country people encountered by the author.