Thesiger - Hardcover

Asher, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670837695 ISBN 13: 9780670837694

Publisher: Viking, 1994

Synopsis

In 1979, the author of this work read "Arabian Sands" by W. Thesiger, which had an impact on his life and made him become a desert explorer. In tribute to Thesiger, he has written this biography of Thesiger`s motivations and achievements. A man of great paradoxes and contradictions, Thesiger revered traditional peoples, but retained at the same time a profound pride in his own race and background. He felt most intensely alive when living on the same level as his tribal companions, yet rejoiced in his ability to return to the "civilized" world. Basing much of his work on extended interviews with Thesinger, the author also follows in Thesinger's footsteps, interviewing many of his former travelling companions and throwing new light on the celebrated Arabian expeditions.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and the SAS. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has won the Ness Award of the Royal Geographical Society and the Mungo Park Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for Exploration. All four of his Death or Glory novels are available from Penguin in paperback and ebook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0670837695
• ISBN 13: 9780670837694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608