Record Number: 33984
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
We went to St. Tropez to see my Alsatian friends and pushed on to lunch at Paradou, and found A. Besse very cheerful with 7 ladies (including ourselves) around him, therefore fully in his element [...] spent the afternoon reading accounts from his agents in Abyssinia which made me quite sick almost physically.
Century:1900-1945
Date:24 Aug 1937
Country:France
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Le Paradou
county: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Explorer and travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[intelligence reports from Abyssinia]
Genre:Politics, Military intelligence
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33984
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:n/a
Page:160-161
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 160-161, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33984, accessed: 19 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. 'A. Besse' referred to here was Sir Antonin Besse (1877-1951), the French-born Aden based businessman who founded both Arabian Airways and St Antony's College, Oxford. Both Stark and Besse took a keen interest in the Italian invasion and occupation of Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
