Her engagement to a physician from Bologna was short-lived. Later in life, when she had her own money, she was known for her elegant and extravagant clothes/outfits. She had problems with self-esteem, feeling awkward and unattractive because she had to wear clothes tailored by her mother. In 1912 she began her studies in history at Bedford College in London, but broke them off with the onset of the First World War, when she left for Bologna to work as a nurse. In spite of her delicate and sickly constitution, Freya Stark was tough and tenacious. Riding and mountaineering were part of her education, and with her mother and grandmother as role models she developed into an unconventional woman who was as at home in elegant salons as she was able to deal with poverty and physical exertion. Raised in Italy and England by liberal-minded parents, Freya Stark already spoke several languages as a child.
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