Books : Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer
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by: Alexander Maitland
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780002556088
ISBN: 0002556081
Label: HarperCollins Publishers
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 2006-01
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Sales Rank: 1845042
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers
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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 long-standing 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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Today's satellite images allow us to peer into the most remote places on Earth. We have weather images, erupting volcanoes, and oil spills. Some satellites can identify individual vehicles. "The Age of Exploration", usually viewed as that era of sailing ships that gave European society its first indication of the Western Hemisphere, Australia and detailed Africa and Asia, is a limited definition. Many internal lands remained out of ken for decades, even centuries. One man capped the end of pre ... Read More
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