Alexander Maitland: 3 books
Wilfred Thesiger
The Life of the Great Explorer
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
The author of Arabian Sands and The Marsh Arabs and The Life of my Choice, he was a legend in his own lifetime but his character and motivations have remained an intriguing enigma. In this authorized biography--written with Thesiger’s support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the...
by Alexander Maitland
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
A unique collection of essays accompany Wilfred Thesiger’s own personal photographs of the Africa he experienced as one of the world’s most celebrated explorers. While Wilfred Thesiger’s own classic writings (including ‘The Marsh Arabs’, ‘Arabian Sands’, ‘Desert’, Marsh and Mountain’,...
by Major Heber Maitland Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Men from all around the far reaches of the British Empire flooded into the ranks of the British army for the titanic struggle against Germany and her allies during the First World War. Ghurkhas from Nepal, Men of the Punjab, Rajputs, Dogras and Pathans volunteered to fight in the Indian regiments...