Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary
journey through the parched -Empty Quarter- of Arabia. Educated at
Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity
of Western life—-the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously
aligned streets.- In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to
explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had
never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill
Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to
understanding the modern Middle East.
