Arabian Sands
ISBN-13:
9780141442075
Veröffentl:
2007
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.10.2007
Seiten:
347
Autor:
Wilfred Thesiger
Gewicht:
301 g
Format:
198x129x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
"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.
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