Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger

Arabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerIn the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, Wilfred Thesiger spent five years wandering the deserts of Arabia, producing Arabian Sands, 'a memorial to a vanished past, a tribute to a once magnificent people'. The Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Rory Stewart. Wilfred Thesiger, repulsed by what he saw as the softness and rigidity of Western life 'the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets' spent years exploring in and

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life-changing anecdotes

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