1995, ISBN: bc2ee5d119a423c1128815fa6f73161a

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books], Buch mit sehr geringen Lesespuren 'A superbly penetrating study of the last li primitive figure left alive in our national mythology ... a magnifi… More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books], Buch mit sehr geringen Lesespuren 'A superbly penetrating study of the last li primitive figure left alive in our national mythology ... a magnificent biography' - Geoffrey Moorhouse in the Daily Telegraph 'It is Asher's achievement to have diagnosed both the complexity and naivety in Thesiger, yet to have evoked his hero's intransigent grandeur ... A work of unmistakable stature and commitment ... it is hard to see how it will be superseded' - Colin Thubron in the Independent on Sunday 'Compiled from lengthy interviews with the man himself, meticulous pilgrimages over the same ground, and conversations with his surviving travelling companions, the book both celebrates Thesiger and incorporates what you might call the case against' - Francis Spufford in the Guardian 'His admiration for Thesiger is unstinting. Yet Asher is always swift to describe the paradoxes that underpin Thesiger's self-adopted role as a living link between the world's "unspoiled peoples" and the juggernaut of technology and modernism that is sweeping them away' - Michael Thompson-Noel in the Financial Times 'Asher is a desert expert who, in exploring Thesiger, discovers a new continent of psychological complexity and emotional need ... Energetic and enquiring' - Fiona MacCarthy in the Observer 'Excellent ... He writes here with a true expertise, without abandoning independence, and pulls off the difficult trick of distancing himself from his subject while making sure that admiration shines through' - Basil Davidson in the Spectator, DE, [SC: 1.95], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, [GW: 408g], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand<

1994, ISBN: bc2ee5d119a423c1128815fa6f73161a

Hardcover

Near Fine, [PU: Viking, London], TRAVEL, Jacket, (xxiv) 582pp including index and maps. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal bookplate of writer… More...

Near Fine, [PU: Viking, London], TRAVEL, Jacket, (xxiv) 582pp including index and maps. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal bookplate of writer Felix Dennis pasted to fep. No other inscriptions. A beautiful clean tight and bright copy in like wrapper., Books<

1995, ISBN: bc2ee5d119a423c1128815fa6f73161a

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books], Rücken mit Leseknicks Cover pappverstärkt stabil und textsauber, DE, [SC: 1.89], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, [GW: 408g], Banküberwei… More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books], Rücken mit Leseknicks Cover pappverstärkt stabil und textsauber, DE, [SC: 1.89], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, [GW: 408g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, Selbstabholung und Barzahlung, Internationaler Versand<

1995, ISBN: bc2ee5d119a423c1128815fa6f73161a

Sydney: Penguin, 1995. 1st edition. As New. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers xxiv + 582pp., colour & b/w plates, notes, bibliog., index, Penguin, 1995, 5