Arabian Sands

Zusatztext "The 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." — The Sunday Times (London) Informationen zum Autor Wilfred Thesiger Klappentext "Following 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." -The Daily Telegraph 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. Zusammenfassung Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa and educated at Eton and Oxford. In the spirit of TE Lawrence, Thesiger spent five years exploring the deserts of Arabia. This book narrates his stories, including two crossings of the Empty Quarter, among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rory Stewart, Wilfred Thesiger
• Con la collaborazione di: Rory Stewart (Introduzione), Stewart Rory (Introduzione)
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.10.2007
• EAN: 9780141442075
• ISBN: 978-0-14-144207-5
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 126 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Categorie: Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio > Vicino Oriente; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Middle East / General, Arabian Peninsula