Arabian Sands: Revised Edition (Penguin Travel Library)
"Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life-"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets." In the...
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"Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life-"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets." In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140095142 (0140095144)
ASIN: 0140095144
Publish date: 1985-03-05
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Travelogue,
Cultural,
Africa
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