Arabian Sands

Wilfred Thesiger is the last of the great British eccentric explorers, a legendary figure renowned for his travels through some of the most inaccessible places on earth. Arabian Sands was his widely acclaimed first book and is recognised as one of the great travel classics. His evocative prose and stunning photographs capture the spirit of the proud tribespeople who became his friends and the harsh landscape he inhabited with them in a way very few westerners have.