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  Arabian Sands (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Wilfred Thesiger, Introduction by Rory Stewart

  

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  Short Description for Arabian SandsWilfred 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.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 02 January 2008
  • Format: Paperback 368 pages
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  • Categories: Memoirs | Middle Eastern History | Guidebooks | Travel Writing
  • ISBN 13: 9780141442075 ISBN 10: 0141442077
  • Sales rank: 20,319

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Full description for Arabian Sands

• Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa in 1910 and educated at Eton and Oxford. Though British, he was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life, "the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets, etc." In the spirit of T.E. Lawrence, Thesiger spent five years exploring and wandering the deserts of Arabia. With vivid descriptions and colorful anecdotes he 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.