Trade Paperback
400 Pages, 5.15 x 7.9 x 0.9 in
October 30, 2007
Penguin UK (PB)
0141442077
9780141442075
From the Publisher
"Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesigeras record of his extraordinary journey through the parched aEmpty Quartera of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western lifeaathe machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets.a In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East.