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Arabian Sands

By Wilfred Thesiger; Rory Stewart

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group
Year
2008
ISBN
9781101160664, 1101160667
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
5 MB (5576045 bytes)
Pages
400\0
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2023-06-29 08:19:01

Description

"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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