by Wilfred Thesiger · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483071342
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«Arenas de Arabia» is Wilfred Thesiger's travel chronicle, published by Ediciones Península in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).
Between 1945 and 1950, Wilfred Thesiger crossed the «Cuarto Vacío», the desert region of southern Arabia, during diplomatic and scientific expeditions. Thesiger recounts his life with the Bedouin tribes and portrays a nomadic way of life that vanished with oil exploitation. It is a geographical and adventure chronicle of an inhospitable area.
Part of the Viajes collection, volume 5. The original work, 'Arabian Sands', was published in 1959; this Spanish edition, in 1998.
A work for readers of travel literature, Middle Eastern history and exploration chronicles.
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.
