by Wilfred Thesiger · CAPITAN SWING S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788412619867
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In the spirit of T.E. Lawrence, Wilfred Thesiger spent five years wandering the deserts of Arabia, creating a monument to a vanished past and a tribute to a once magnificent people. This book narrates Thesiger's extraordinary journey through the empty territory of Arabia, exploring peoples who had never seen a European and who considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. A classic account of incalculable value for understanding the modern Middle East.
'Arabian Sands' reflects on the changes and large-scale development that occurred after World War II and the subsequent gradual erosion of the traditional ways of life of the Bedouins, which had existed unchanged for thousands of years. The book is magnificently illustrated with the author's photographs.
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, also known as Mubarak bin Landan, was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq.
