Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger has written at least 13 books. Their most popular book is Arabian Sands with 25 saves with an average rating of 4.2⭐.

Author Bio

Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, CBE, DSO, FRAS, FRGS, also called Mubarak bin London (Arabic for "the blessed one from London")[1][2] (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003) was a British explorer and travel writer.

Thesiger is best known for his travel books Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of Arabia, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living in the marshes of Iraq with the Marsh Arabs. He donated his collection of 23,000 travel photographs to the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.

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Arabian Sands
Arabian Sands
  • Wilfred Thesiger
4.25 reads
The Marsh Arabs
The Marsh Arabs
  • Wilfred Thesiger
54 reads
The Life of My Choice
The Life of My Choice
  • Wilfred Thesiger
41 read
Across the Empty Quarter
Across the Empty Quarter
  • Wilfred Thesiger
31 read
Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia
Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia
  • Wilfred Thesiger
41 read
Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad
Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad
  • Wilfred Thesiger
51 read
Visions of a Nomad
Visions of a Nomad
  • Wilfred Thesiger
41 read
The Danakil Diary: Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930-1934
The Danakil Diary: Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930-1934
  • Wilfred Thesiger
41 read
My Kenya Days
My Kenya Days
  • Wilfred Thesiger
51 read
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Three Views of Oman

Three Views of Oman: Society and Religion 1945 - 2006
    00 reads
    My Life and Travels
    My Life and Travels
    • Wilfred Thesiger
    51 read
    The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places
    The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places
      31 read