Hawks of the Hadhramaut

by P.S. Allfree

Readers of P.S. Allfree's previous book of Arabian memoirs, Warlords of Oman , will recall his closing words "I was going to see more of Arabia." In these pages he recounts a year and a half spent as a political officer among the Bedouin of the south-eastern Rub' al-Khali, the "Empty Quarter." The many fascinating characters in this ancient land spring happily to life: the wise Judge of the Saar who chewed tobacco and whose name was "Son of the jerboa;"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719807387
• ISBN13: 9780719807381
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Robert Hale & Company
• Length: 192 Pages