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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... visited the school , where some of Wilfred Gilbert's relatives had been educated , and met R.C.V. Lang , the new headmaster . Thesiger said : ' My father and mother were evidently impressed by him and this convinced them we should go ...
... visited the school , where some of Wilfred Gilbert's relatives had been educated , and met R.C.V. Lang , the new headmaster . Thesiger said : ' My father and mother were evidently impressed by him and this convinced them we should go ...
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... visited the lakes of Ounianga Kebir , whose strikingly lovely colours he noted in the margin of his map . ' Yoa ( blue ) ; Ouma ( red ) ; Midji ( red ) ; Forodone ( green ) . He described them more thoughtfully in his diary : Yoa , ' of ...
... visited the lakes of Ounianga Kebir , whose strikingly lovely colours he noted in the margin of his map . ' Yoa ( blue ) ; Ouma ( red ) ; Midji ( red ) ; Forodone ( green ) . He described them more thoughtfully in his diary : Yoa , ' of ...
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... visited Circassian and Turkish villages , finding the Circassians ' very hospitable ' and glimpsing Turkish life ' as it used to be in Turkey ' ; ' eating mutton and drinking coffee , in rooms which by contrast with those of the Druze ...
... visited Circassian and Turkish villages , finding the Circassians ' very hospitable ' and glimpsing Turkish life ' as it used to be in Turkey ' ; ' eating mutton and drinking coffee , in rooms which by contrast with those of the Druze ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Emperor Meneliks New Flower | 5 |
Hope and Fortune | 9 |
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