Arabian Sands
Author(s): Wilfred Thesiger; Rory Stewart (Foreword by, Introduction by)
Wilfred Thesiger charts the time he spent living with the Bedu, including his legendary traverses of the Empty Quarter. Wilfred Thesiger is the last of the great British eccentric explorers, a legendary figure renowned for his travels though some of the most inaccessible places on earth. Arabian Sands was his widely acclaimed first book and is recognized as one of the great travel classics. His evocative prose and stunning photographs capture the spirit of the proud tribespeople who became his friends and the harsh landscape he inhabited with them in a way very few westeners have.
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aFollowing worthily in the tradition of Burton, Lawrence, Philby and Thomas, ["Arabian Sands"] is, very likely, the book about Arabia to end all books about Arabia.a
a"The Daily Telegraph," London
aThe narrative is vividly written, with a thousand little anecdotes and touches which bring back to any who have seen these countries every scene with the colour of real life.a
a"The Sunday Times," London
General Fields
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- : Penguin Adult
- : Penguin Classics
- : 31 October 2007
- : books
Special Fields
- : Wilfred Thesiger; Rory Stewart (Foreword by, Introduction by)
- : 368