Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World

Ralph Alger Bagnold

ISBN 10: 0902743600 / ISBN 13: 9780902743601

Published by Michael Haag Ltd (edition New Ed), 1987

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World
• Publisher: Michael Haag Ltd (edition New Ed)
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0902743600
• ISBN 13: 9780902743601
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: New Ed.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Ralph Bagnold was among a group of eccentric British explorers who in the 1930's explored the deserts of North Africa using 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 fictionalized in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. Libyan Sands is an exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the Second World War.