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Sir Wilfred Thesiger was a British travel writer and explorer whose two best-known books, Arabian Sands and The Marsh Arabs documented life among nomadic Bedouin and Madan tribes. Thesiger’s writings celebrated the friendships and cultures of Bedouin he traveled with, recording valuable information regarding the Middle East…

This page displays resources for those interested in the ideas of T. E. Lawrence. Lawrence’s personal papers are held by archives at the University of Texas, Austin, Harvard University, University of Illinois Carbondale, and elsewhere. Typescripts of the Lawrence letters held at University of Texas, Austin are held in the King’s College London Liddell Hart Papers.

Bruce Chatwin was a British travel writer and the author of books such as In Patagonia (1977) and The Songlines (1987), as well as novels such as Utz (1988) and On the Black Hill (1982). Educated at Marlborough College, Chatwin also studied at the University of Edinburgh where he …

Sir Patrick Fermor was a travel writer best known for his trilogy describing his “long trudge” across Europe between the World Wars. Fermor has been described by William Dalrymple as “the greatest writer of non-fiction English prose of the last century.” Fermor’s trilogy, A Time of Gifts, Between the Woods and the Water, and the The Broken Road, describe his experiences walking across Europe. Beginning in London’s…