First edition of Freya Stark's (1893-1993) fourth and last part of her autobiography, detailing her work, travels and life during the years 1939-1946. During the Second World War she travelled through the Middle East in service of the British Ministry of Information, in order to spread propaganda for the allied cause. According to the short recommendation of the book on the inside of the dustjacket "Freya Stark's new book is an autobiography with a theme - the art of Persuasion ...". She strictly promoted connections between the allies and the peoples and governments in the Middle East, expressly speaking out against the Germans and also against Zionism. In Egypt she founded the Brotherhood of Freedom, which she used to further her cause as they were instructed to fight for freedom and secular democracy.
Untrimmed. With an ownership inscription on front pastedown in blue ink: "Marjorie Wood. December 1961.", overall in very good condition. Blackmer 1470; Howgego IV, S61; Shapero, The Islamic World (2004), 459 (with the wrong date "1962" for the first ed.). cf. "Freya Stark". Encyclopaedia Britannica.