Libyan Sands
Travel in a Dead World
$36.06
- Paperback
228 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2010
Summary
Ralph Bagnold was among a group of eccentric British and Empire explorers who took advantage of the lack of manned borders in the 1930s to explore the deserts of North Africa using battered Model T Fords. This book describes his journeys into the region known as the Western Desert of Egypt or the Libyan Sahara. He is a central character in the group of explorers who would be later fictionalised in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. Libyan Sands is unmistakably the world…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781906011338 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1906011338 |
| Author: | R.A. Bagnold |
| Publisher: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 228 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 138mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
‘Libyan Sands is, without question, the classic work of 20th-century Saharan exploration.’ Eamonn Gearon, Geographical Magazine
‘Rivals Thesiger for its clear, sparse style and the sheer thrill of shared adventure.’ Saul Kelly
‘Ralph Bagnold: the pioneer who made a romance of navigating the deep Sahara by car.’ John Wright
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