{"product_id":"2026200015182-secondhand-far-arabia-explorers-of-the-myth","title":"Far Arabia: Explorers Of The Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before the age of satellites and GPS, a succession of daring, obsessive, and often eccentric Westerners risked everything to penetrate the vast, forbidding landscapes of the Arabian Peninsula — and Far Arabia: Explorers of the Myth chronicles their extraordinary journeys with vivid authority. Peter Brent presents a rich tapestry of adventure, tracing the footsteps of legendary figures such as Richard Burton, Charles Doughty, Wilfred Thesiger, and others who were drawn irresistibly to a world shrouded in romance, danger, and ancient mystery. Set against the sweeping backdrop of desert dunes, hostile tribes, and shifting political sands, the book uncovers what truly drove these men into the unknown — whether scholarship, glory, spiritual yearning, or sheer audacity.\n\nBrent argues compellingly that Arabia was never merely a geographical destination but a psychological and cultural obsession, a myth as much as a place, constructed as much by Western imagination as by cartographic reality. His prose is measured yet evocative, balancing rigorous historical detail with a storyteller's instinct for drama and character. As a collective biography and a meditation on the nature of exploration itself, the work illuminates the complex interplay between colonialism, romanticism, and the enduring human hunger for the unknown — leaving the reader to wonder whether the Arabia these men sought was ever truly found at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203187876059,"sku":"2026200015182-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b9a3a0f0-fd8f-4f9a-9cb5-5cb8f7c0061e.png?v=1788145280","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015182-secondhand-far-arabia-explorers-of-the-myth","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}