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    Arabian Sands
    Arabian Sands
    Arabian Sands
    Audiobook12 hours

    Arabian Sands

    Written by Wilfred Thesiger

    Narrated by Laurence Kennedy

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    About this audiobook

    Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger’s stunning account of five years spent crossing the Arabian Peninsula by foot and on camels, with nomadic Bedouin tribesmen as guides. Travelling between 1945 and 1950, the British explorer treks through Yemen, the Empty Quarter, Oman, and parts of the then Trucial States, crossing and re-crossing around 250,000 miles of this most inhospitable terrain. He was the first European ever to set eyes on the dunes and wadis of these deserts.

    Faced with constant challenges and trials beneath the punishing sun, his journey is also spiritual and enriching, as it requires the utmost courage, patience, generosity, and humor. In clear and evocative prose, Thesiger documents a journey of unimaginable hardship and startling beauty, as well as a time, place, and people on the cusp of change.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateJun 8, 2018
    ISBN9781781981894
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    • 5/5
      A great memoir of the Arabian Desert and the Bedouin people. He met so many interesting characters
    • 5/5
      Amazing book on travel , this I have read 3 times & every time , it gives me same pleasure as first reading .
    • 5/5
      Incredible man and journey for its time. Interesting account of the tribes of the area before the oil boom. Re-readable!