Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer - Couverture rigide

Maitland, Alexander

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1590201639 ISBN 13 : 9781590201633

Editeur : Overlook Books, 2011

Synopsis

Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), 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 and The Marsh Arabs and The Life of my Choice, he was a legend in his own lifetime but his character and motivations have remained an intriguing enigma.

In this authorized biography--written with Thesiger’s support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive--Alexander 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ALEXANDER MAITLAND was a close friend of Thesiger for forty years. He edited Thesiger’s anthology, My Life and Travels and helped produce Thesiger’s My Kenya Days: The Danakil Diary. He is the author of biographies of Freya Stark and John Hanning Speke.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Overlook Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1590201639
• ISBN 13: 9781590201633
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible