THE LIFE OF MY CHOICE

Book ID/图书代码： 03540007B19740

English Summary/英文概要： Wilfred Thesiger is the last of the great British eccentric explorers, renowned for his travels through some of the most inaccessible places on earth. As a child in Abyssinia he watched the glorious armies of Ras Tafari returning from hand-to-hand battle, their prisoners in chains; at the age of 23 he made his first expedition into the country of the Danakil, a murderous race among whom a man’s status in the tribe depended on the number of men he had killed and castrated. His books, "Arabian Sands" and "The Marsh Arabs", tell of his two sojourns in the Empty Quarter and the Marshes of Southern Iraq. In this autobiography, Wilfred Thesiger highlights the people who most profoundly influenced him and the events which enabled him to lead the life of his choice.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 威福瑞塞西格是英国最伟大探险家的最后一人，一个传奇人物，因为他走过世界上几处最难以到达的地方而闻名于西方世界。

童年时代，塞西格在阿比西尼亚(现在的衣索匹亚)亲眼目睹塔法利拉斯王的胜利队伍洋洋得意地从徒手战争中归来，他们的俘虏则扣着手铐脚镣；就读牛津大学时，他便利用暑假到海上旅游；二十三岁，他生平第一次探险，带着各种部落集合而成的侍卫队，前往丹纳吉尔荒野──当地男人的地位端视他杀了多少人而定；旅途中，他与传说中残忍无道的奥萨苏丹王在森林中会面，无视于苏丹王的侍卫阵仗，勇敢陈述自己想要找出阿瓦许河源头的想法，终于获得苏丹王的许可，成为第一个探索奥萨苏丹领地的欧洲人。
在这本自传中，塞西格以无比的情感陈述对他影响最大的家人与他的家居生活，让人得以一窥一位伟大探险家的内心世界；他也以亲身经历书写二次大战时期的战争实况，侧写他接触过的政治人物，尤其是对阿比西尼亚的海尔．塞拉西皇帝的描述，更是难得的第一手资料。

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