"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 biographyâwritten with Thesiger's support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archiveâAlexander 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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- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- By the same author
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Family Tree
- Introduction
- 1 The Emperor Menelikâs âNew Flowerâ
- 2 Hope and Fortune
- 3 Gorgeous Barbarity
- 4 âOne Handsome Rajahâ
- 5 Passages to India and England
- 6 The Cold, Bleak English Downs
- 7 Eton: Lasting Respect and Veneration
- 8 Shrine of my Youth
- 9 The Mountains of Arussi
- 10 Across the Sultanate of Aussa
- 11 Savage Sudan
- 12 The Nuer
- 13 Rape of my Homeland
- 14 Among the Druze
- 15 The Flowering Desert
- 16 Palestine: Shifting Lights and Shades
- 17 Prelude to Arabia
- 18 Arabian Sands
- 19 Marsh and Mountain
- 20 Among the Mountains
- 21 A Winter in Copenhagen
- 22 Camel Journeys to the Jade Sea
- 23 With Nomadic Tribes in Other Lands
- 24 Kenya Days
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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