num_pages: 256
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: Arabia Deserta
titlecomplete: Arabia Deserta
genres: Travel, History, Adventure, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 108
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing