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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... companions , " gave Thesiger the sense of comradeship and involvement he desired , and the satisfaction that he was accepted . He treasured the memory of sailing in a dhow to Jibuti after his Danakil expedition , and the unforgettable ...
... companions , " gave Thesiger the sense of comradeship and involvement he desired , and the satisfaction that he was accepted . He treasured the memory of sailing in a dhow to Jibuti after his Danakil expedition , and the unforgettable ...
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... companions and their desert sur- roundings were informed visual statements , narrative works of art , self- defining visions of Thesiger's desert world . Less impermeable than some of his writing , more openly expressive of his emotions ...
... companions and their desert sur- roundings were informed visual statements , narrative works of art , self- defining visions of Thesiger's desert world . Less impermeable than some of his writing , more openly expressive of his emotions ...
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... companions showed no uneasiness , singing : ' Allah is eternal / The life of man is short / The Pleiades are overhead / And the moon among the stars . ' " Describing their ascent of the Uruq al Shaiba in Arabian Sands , Thesiger wrote ...
... companions showed no uneasiness , singing : ' Allah is eternal / The life of man is short / The Pleiades are overhead / And the moon among the stars . ' " Describing their ascent of the Uruq al Shaiba in Arabian Sands , Thesiger wrote ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Emperor Meneliks New Flower | 5 |
Hope and Fortune | 9 |
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