{"product_id":"9780719807381","title":"Hawks of the Hadhramaut","description":"Readers of P.S. Allfree's previous book of Arabian memoirs, \u003ci\u003eWarlords of Oman\u003c\/i\u003e, 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;\" Sulayim, the serpent-subtle eminence grise of the desert, whom the author employs as a secret key to unlock the doors of the Mahra, a wild and inhospitable race; \"Aunty\" Hussein, the motherly Secretary of State in the Sultanate of Sayun, and many others. Notable among a crowded chronicle of incidents are the Case of the Hamstringed Camel, which nearly leads to a tribal war; the author’s embroilment with a terrifying tribe of what he calls \"nightmare Teddy-boys, armed to the eyebrows;\" and the final exciting expedition, which is the climax of this work, the coup de main which brings the government to the wild and anarchic Mahra.","brand":"Hale, Robert Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014596772080,"sku":"9780719807381","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780719807381_p0.jpg?v=1763619825","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780719807381","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}