Creator
Wilfred Thesiger
Title
Arabian Sands.
Coverage
Harlow
Publisher
Longmans
Date
1959
Subject
Signed by the author.
Description
An established classic of modern travel, combining history, portraiture, and autobiography, Arabian Sands celebrates Wilfred Thesiger’s travels with the Bedu, whose comradeship gave him “the five happiest years of (his) life.” Though educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life. He set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European. For Thesiger, the Empty Quarter offered the ultimate challenge of Arabian exploration.