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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... ( private collection ) 11. WT Milebrook diary : entries dated 20 and 21 August 1931 ( private collection ) 12. ibid .: entry dated 6 October 1931 13. ibid .: entry dated 7 October 1931 14. WT verbatim : 24 January 1995. He added : ' I ...
... ( private collection ) 11. WT Milebrook diary : entries dated 20 and 21 August 1931 ( private collection ) 12. ibid .: entry dated 6 October 1931 13. ibid .: entry dated 7 October 1931 14. WT verbatim : 24 January 1995. He added : ' I ...
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... ( private collection ) 47. Sandford to WT : letter dated 8 June 1933 48. Sandford to Omar Ibrahim : letter dated 13 July 1933 49. Sandford to WT : letter dated 14 July 1933 50. DD : 41 51. WT Milebrook diary : entry dated 18 April 1933 ( ...
... ( private collection ) 47. Sandford to WT : letter dated 8 June 1933 48. Sandford to Omar Ibrahim : letter dated 13 July 1933 49. Sandford to WT : letter dated 14 July 1933 50. DD : 41 51. WT Milebrook diary : entry dated 18 April 1933 ( ...
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... ( private collection ) 26. J.D.F. Jones : Storyteller : The Many Lives of Laurens van der Post , 2001 : 444 27. ibid . 28. TLMC : 389 29. WT to KMA : letter dated 7 October 1943 30. TLMC : 390 31. WT to KMA : letter dated 14 October 1943 ...
... ( private collection ) 26. J.D.F. Jones : Storyteller : The Many Lives of Laurens van der Post , 2001 : 444 27. ibid . 28. TLMC : 389 29. WT to KMA : letter dated 7 October 1943 30. TLMC : 390 31. WT to KMA : letter dated 14 October 1943 ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Emperor Meneliks New Flower | 5 |
Hope and Fortune | 9 |
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