Heart-beguiling Araby by Kathryn Tidrick
What is it about Arabia and her people that has exercised such a powerful allure on generations of English travellers and explorers? A land whose name could evoke haunting echoes of the unconscious . a country of the mind more real than any place on a map had, by the Victorian era, become a deep and lasting obsession for some of the greatest writers and explorers of the time. Here are the stories of some of those men, iconic figures like T.E. Lawrence and Richard Burton, whose extraordinary relationships with and explorations of Arabia changed the way we now perceive the Arab world and formed the basis of the West's understanding of the region. Riveting and beautifully-portrayed, Heart Beguiling Araby reveals how these ultimately lonely figures pushed themselves to the limits of physical and mental endurance, surviving and prevailing in a land that had captivated them, thus binding their legends to its sweeping deserts and ancient tribes for generations to come.
Kathryn Tidrick is the author of Heart-Beguiling Araby: The English Romance with Arabia and Empire and theEnglish Character (both published by I.B.Tauris). She was born and grew up in Britain and has a Ph.D. in psychology from London University. She has lived in the United States, Jamaica, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa and India, and now makes Scotland her home.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781850431367 |
| ISBN 10 | 1850431361 |
| Title | Heart-beguiling Araby |
| Author | Kathryn Tidrick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1989-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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