Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great ExplorerAbrams, 27.10.2011 - 540 sivua “A perceptive and gripping biography” of the enigmatic British explorer, photographer, and author of Arabian Sands (Daily Mail, UK). Wilfred Thesiger, the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers, journeyed for sixty years to some of the remotest, most dangerous places on earth, from the mountains of western Asia to the marshes of Iraq. The author of Arabian Sands, The Marsh Arabs and The Life of my Choice, he was a legend in his own lifetime. Yet his character and motivations have remained an intriguing enigma. In this authorized biography—written with Thesiger’s support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive—Alexander Maitland investigates this fascinating figure’s family influences, his wartime experiences, his philosophy as a hunter and conservationist, his writing and photography, his friendships with Arabs and Africans amongst whom he lived, and his now-acknowledged homosexuality. |
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... four months pregnant , adjusted to married life in these primitive surroundings as they waited anxiously and eagerly for the birth of their first child the following year . TWO Hope and Fortune In March 1911 , nine months.
... four months pregnant , adjusted to married life in these primitive surroundings as they waited anxiously and eagerly for the birth of their first child the following year . TWO Hope and Fortune In March 1911 , nine months.
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The Life of the Great Explorer Alexander Maitland. TWO Hope and Fortune In March 1911 , nine months after the birth of their eldest son , Wilfred Thesiger's father wrote in a romantic mood to his wife , who was then in England and ...
The Life of the Great Explorer Alexander Maitland. TWO Hope and Fortune In March 1911 , nine months after the birth of their eldest son , Wilfred Thesiger's father wrote in a romantic mood to his wife , who was then in England and ...
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... March 1814. John Andrew was evidently intelligent , amenable and hardworking . Although the young Wilfred Thesiger scoffed at efforts to prove similarities between his remote ancestors and later generations of his family , John Andrew's ...
... March 1814. John Andrew was evidently intelligent , amenable and hardworking . Although the young Wilfred Thesiger scoffed at efforts to prove similarities between his remote ancestors and later generations of his family , John Andrew's ...
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... March 1858 Sir Frederic Thesiger QC was created the first Baron Chelmsford of Essex . Sir Frederic's noted attributes - ' a fine presence and handsome features , a beautiful voice , a pleasant if too frequent wit , an imperturbable ...
... March 1858 Sir Frederic Thesiger QC was created the first Baron Chelmsford of Essex . Sir Frederic's noted attributes - ' a fine presence and handsome features , a beautiful voice , a pleasant if too frequent wit , an imperturbable ...
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... March 1900 until October 1901 and was awarded the DSO.' Wilfred Gilbert's DSO was for general service, not, as in his son Wilfred's case, for an outstanding act of bravery. After the war he considered becoming a District Commissioner in ...
... March 1900 until October 1901 and was awarded the DSO.' Wilfred Gilbert's DSO was for general service, not, as in his son Wilfred's case, for an outstanding act of bravery. After the war he considered becoming a District Commissioner in ...
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Epilogue | |
Passages to India and England 6 The Cold Bleak English Downs | |
Lasting Respect and Veneration | |
Rape of my Homeland | |
Among the Druze | |
The Flowering Desert | |
Shifting Lights and Shades | |
Prelude to Arabia 18 Arabian Sands | |
Marsh and Mountain | |
Among the Mountains | |
Bibliography | |
Shrine of my Youth | |
The Mountains of Arussi | |
Notes | |
Across the Sultanate of Aussa | |
Savage Sudan | |
The Nuer | |
A Winter in Copenhagen | |
Camel Journeys to the Jade | |
With Nomadic Tribes in Other Lands | |
Kenya Days | |
Index | |
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Abyssinia Addis Ababa Africa Alexander Maitland April Arabia Arabian Sands August Aussa Awash Bedu big game Brian camels camp circumcisions colour companions Danakil Darfur dated 15 December Dermot desert Druze elephant Empty Quarter entry dated Eton father February felt ffrench Blake Frank Steele gave Gavin Maxwell Gavin Young Geographical Journal Graham Watson hunting ibid Idris Jabal January John Verney journey July June Kabina Kenya Kutum later Lawi Legation letter dated 30 lion lived London looked Maralal March Marsh Arabs Milebrook months Morocco mother never night Northern Darfur November Nuer Nuristan October Oxford photographs Pitt Rivers Museum private collection reprint round Samburu Sandford September Sheikh shooting shot South Iraq diary Sudan Sultan Thesiger wrote Thesiger's Tibesti TLMC took travelled tribes tribesmen Turkana village visited WGT archive Wilfred Gilbert Wilfred Thesiger Wingate writing WT to KMA WT verbatim