Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - Jan-Maat - GoodreadsWilfred Thesiger wrote two notable travel books Arabian Sands & The Marsh Arabs. Arabian Sands tells the story of his exploration of the Empty Quarter - a vast area of desert in southern Saudi Arabia ... Read full review
Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - Shovelmonkey1 - GoodreadsI don't read a lot of autobiographies or biographies (if you ignore the fact that I recently reviewed Jordan's autobiography). I'm not sure why this is. As a general rule of thumb I'm inherently nosey ... Read full review
Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - Anne Ruff - GoodreadsThis book provided my first vicarious travel to Ethiopia. I poached the book off a wonderful friend's bookcase when I was living in Bangkok. The experience of living in a foreign land and reading ... Read full review
Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - Philip - GoodreadsJust an awesome individual, who along with such other characters as Francis Younghusband, Roy Chapman Andrews, Peter Fleming and Richard Burton, makes me feel like a total failure in life (but somehow ... Read full review
Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - DoctorM - GoodreadsLet's just admit it: if you're male, you want to be Wilfred Thesiger. You do. Born to British diplomatic family in Abyssinia early in the century, growing up in a dying Edwardian world, then a life ... Read full review
Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - Rowan - GoodreadsPremise: Parents wanted a traditional English life for me, but that didn't feel right. My choice instead was to be like Lawrence of Arabia. Read full review
Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - David Kessler - GoodreadsWildred , the adventurer, lived quite the life. The Saudi desert story just kept me reading Read full review
Review: The Life of My Choice
User Review - Elisabeth - Goodreadsvery good on 'imperial' Ethiopia...read before going on trip. WF's penchant for young boys disturbing; hope he didn't do too much damage Read full review
