Across the Empty Quarter (Penguin Great Journeys) Mass Market Paperback – 1 Feb. 2007

Great little book. Excellent condition by a great travel writer. Bought as a Christmas present from a Wish List. Good source of ideas for wanted gifts.

A good insight into the Empty Quarter and it prompted me to buy the full volume. It arrived on time and appeared a new print.

A good read for modern day adventurers

An avid read by the person who is a Wilfred Thesiger "follower"

Classic old school adventurism. What an amazing fellow. What amazing times, so sadly all gone.

this book is part of the Penguin great journeys series, which is a set of 20 books, each around 100 pages long and each extracts from the works of some of the greatest travel writers in history- Marco Polo, Herodotus, Mas'Udi, Anton Chekhov, Mark Twain etc. The books have different titles from the larger works from which they are extracted and each book showcases some of the best writing by that particular author. Collectively, they are an outstanding series, individually, they provide an excellent introduction or taster of each writer. In this case, Wilfred Thesiger's travels across parts of arabia.

I can come back to this little book many times, granted it is a snapshot, but it was my introduction to this series and it opened a door to the rest and all of thier travels, loved it.

This is a heavily abridged version, missing lots of the text, compared with the original it is a boring account only of his camel trekking, leaving out all the interesting observations on Bedu culture. And, of course, NO PHOTOS (for which he was famous). Look for a proper copy!