Wanderings in Arabia

The Authorised Abridged Edition of 'travels in Arabia Deserta'

Charles M. Doughty (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

624 Seiten

2009 | Rebrand to Tauris Parke on reprint
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-84511-766-5 (ISBN)

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Offers a portrait of Arabia and its people.

"Travels in Arabia Deserta" is considered to be one of the finest books ever written on Arabia, admired for the beauty of its prose and valued as being one of the most important nineteenth-century portraits of Arabia and its peoples. Embarking on an adventure that had not been attempted by even the most intrepid explorers of the day, Charles Doughty travelled for nearly two years through the desert interior of the great Arabian Peninsula. Openly proclaiming himself a Christian and an Englishman, Doughty wandered through the desert, living with and as a bedouin, experiencing and recording a way of life that has now disappeared forever. His account - published here in paperback for the first time - is a truly indispensable classic of travel literature on the Middle East.

Charles Doughty (1843-1926) was a poet, writer and one of the greatest of all Western travellers in Arabia. He was the author of several acclaimed books, most famously 'Travels in Arabia Deserta' but also including 'The Dawn in Britain', 'Adam Cast Forth' and 'Mansoul or the Riddle of the World'. In 1912 he was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2009
Einführung	Edward Garnett
Vorwort	Barnaby Rogerson
Zusatzinfo	1 map
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
ISBN-10	1-84511-766-2 / 1845117662
ISBN-13	978-1-84511-766-5 / 9781845117665
Zustand	Neuware