num_pages: 327
description: This excellent selection is ideally suited to a wide audience of general readers. Written after the author had spent two years wandering among the Bedouin nomads, the remarkable book describes Doughty's attempt to reach Mecca, his endurance of extraordinary hardships, and his first-hand observations of Arab life and culture in the 1870s. 
language: English
title: Passages from Arabia Deserta
titlecomplete: Passages from Arabia Deserta (Penguin Travel Library)
genres: Travel, History, Adventure, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 108
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd