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Wilfred Thesiger: Arabian Sands (Unabridged)

Read by Laurence Kennedy

  • Release Date: 15th Jun 2018
  • Catalogue No: NA0336
  • Label: Naxos AudioBooks
  • Series: Non-Fiction
  • Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

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Wilfred Thesiger: Arabian Sands (Unabridged)

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  • Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios, London, UK

Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Arabian Sands

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Preface to the 1991 Reprint

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Foreword

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Prologue

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 1. Abyssinia and the Sudan

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): It is not surprising that I dreamt of Africa…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Three years later, accompanied by David…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I went up to Addis Ababa and wasted six weeks…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I was restless. For three years I had been…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I was posted to the Western Nuer District…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The deserts in which I had travelled…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 2. Prelude in Dhaufar

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The successive civilisations whose prosperity…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I stayed there for ten days.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 3. The Sands of Ghanim

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): When all was ready we set off on foot.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): It hardly occurred to the Bedu…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The Rashid and the Awamir were the tribes…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We rode slowly westwards and watered…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 4. Secret Preparations at Salala

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We camped under some cliffs on a small level…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Early next morning we moved down to the pool…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We travelled slowly northwards…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I mounted and we rode after the others.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Now as I rode along, ignoring Sultan's…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 5. The Approach to the Empty Quarter

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I asked him if he had been afraid…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The country grew more arid…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): During the days that I was at Mughshin…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 6. On the Edge of the Empty Quarter

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I climbed to the summit of the dune…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): A cold wind blew in gusts across the desert…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We started again soon after sunrise.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 7. The First Crossing of the Empty Quarter

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Later we came on some grazing and stopped…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): After the meal we rode for two hours…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Al Auf woke us again while it was still dark.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 8. Return to Salala

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Next day we had difficulty in avoiding…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): I then asked him about Liwa.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Next morning while we were leading our camels…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): It was late in the afternoon when Salim…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Next day Hamad and Bakhit returned…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 9. From Salala to Mukalla

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Next day we crossed the Kismim pass…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We remained for three days at Habarut…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We descended into the valley again…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 10. Preparations for a Second Crossing

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Muhammad pressed me to spend the night…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We left Shibam on 17 December…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The pursuit party had used as their battle-cry…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 11. The Second Crossing of the Empty Quarter

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We rode across gravel steppes…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): It was a crisp morning with a gentle breeze.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Wet, cold, and tired, we started early…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 12. From Sulaiyil to Abu Dhabi

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The first afternoon we overtook two Yam…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The hatred which I encountered…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Later, Muhammad and Amair went off…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Next day was fine and sunny and our spirit rose…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 13. The Trucial Coast

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): The evening before we reached Buraimi…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Zayid, as Shakhbut's representative…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We arrived at Sharja on 10 May.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 14. A Holiday in Buraimi

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): At Lahamma well we found many day-old tracks…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We were hungry before we arrived at Zayid's fort…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We were astir early next morning.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 15. The Quicksands of Umm al Samim

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We travelled across interminable gravel…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 16. The Wahiba Sands

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Ahmad fetched Ali's camel…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): We camped next day within ten miles of Nazwa.

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): 17. The Closing Door

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): Three days later we were camped…

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Arabian Sands (Unabridged): One morning they came back before breakfast…

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