Wilfred Thesiger : The Life of the Last Great Gentleman Explorer

Name: Wilfred Thesiger : The Life of the Last Great Gentleman Explorer
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ISBN: 9780002556088

ISBN-10: 0002556081

ISBN-13: 9780002556088

Edition: 2006

Authors: Alexander Maitland

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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…

Book details

Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.45" long
Weight: 1.012
Language: English