Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great ExplorerHarperPress, 2006 - 528 sivua Wilfred Thesiger, the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers, became a legend in his own lifetime. This authorised biography by a longstanding friend and associate delves into his little-known character and motivations, as well as recounting the details of his extraordinary life.While Wilfred Thesiger's own classic writings (including The Marsh Arabs, Arabian Sands, Desert, Marsh and Mountain, The Life of My Choice and My Kenya Days) comprehensively cover his classic journeys amongst the Marsh Arabs in southern Iraq, across the Empty Quarter in Arabia, they fail conspicuously to shed light on his character and motives, which have remained an enigma.Maitland's biography had Thesiger's support before he died in 2003, and has been written with full access, granted to no one else, to the rich Thesiger archive - vivid, intimate family correspondence, and his own letters, diaries and notebooks which are far more confiding than his scrupulously edited published accounts. Maitland investigates in depth Thesiger's parents and family influences; his wartime experiences and the ethos of conflict; his philosophy as a hunter and conservationist; his development as a writer and photographer; his close friendships with the Arabs and Africans amongst whom he lived; and his sexuality. In all, this major biography of a great and unusual man will take its place on the shelf of outstanding lives of the great explorers. |
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... Arabia . I should get endless travel with an object . " In the letter Thesiger states that Lean had offered him a job after his contract with the Abyssinian government expired . This offer gave him an even greater incentive to resign ...
... Arabia . I should get endless travel with an object . " In the letter Thesiger states that Lean had offered him a job after his contract with the Abyssinian government expired . This offer gave him an even greater incentive to resign ...
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... Arabia to end all books about Arabia . ' " Sir John Glubb praised Thesiger in The Times as ' perhaps the last , and certainly one of the greatest , of the British travellers among the Arabs , " while St John Philby asserted that ' The ...
... Arabia to end all books about Arabia . ' " Sir John Glubb praised Thesiger in The Times as ' perhaps the last , and certainly one of the greatest , of the British travellers among the Arabs , " while St John Philby asserted that ' The ...
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... Arabia ( 2 vols ) , 1792 O'Balance , E .: The War in Yemen , 1971 Omrani , B. & Leeming , M .: Afghanistan : A ... Arabia , 1922 Philby , H. St J .: Arabia of the Wahabys , 1928 Philby , H. St J .: The Empty Quarter , 1933 Philby , H. St ...
... Arabia ( 2 vols ) , 1792 O'Balance , E .: The War in Yemen , 1971 Omrani , B. & Leeming , M .: Afghanistan : A ... Arabia , 1922 Philby , H. St J .: Arabia of the Wahabys , 1928 Philby , H. St J .: The Empty Quarter , 1933 Philby , H. St ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Emperor Meneliks New Flower | 5 |
Hope and Fortune | 9 |
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