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JANICE DELEDALLE-RHODES, L'Orient représenté: Charles Montagu Doughty et les Voyageurs anglais du XIXe Siècle (Brussels: P. I. E.–Peter Lang, 2000). Pp. 374.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2003

JASON THOMPSON
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In one of the great understatements about the literature of Arabian travel and exploration, T. E. Lawrence said that it is not easy to write about Charles M. Doughty. Every one of the famous travelers in Arabia—whether Burton, Palgrave, Doughty, or the Blunts in the 19th century or Bell, Lawrence, Philby, or Thesiger in the 20th—presents some complex problems, but Doughty seems to combine them all. His background, his psyche, his conduct during his voyage, his later life, and above all his masterpiece, Travels in Arabia Deserta, are filled with enigmas and ambiguities.

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Book Review
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , August 2003 , pp. 503 - 505
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2003 Cambridge University Press

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