Worlds Within - Reflections in the Sand

by Robin Hanbury-Tenison

In 1982 The Sunday Times described Robin Hanbury-Tenison as "the greatest explorer of the past twenty years." He made the first land crossing of South America at its widest point, led twenty-four expeditions, lived with a host of exotic tribes and was awarded the Patron's Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society. Hanbury-Tenison is one of the few remaining British explorers who know all the wild corners of the world. Yet something sets him apart from those who often label themselves explorers. When he wasn't in a jungle, Robin Hanbury-Tenison was turning his hand to helping others. He helped found Survival International to support tribal people worldwide, started the movement to save the world's rainforests and then created the Countryside Alliance. At an age when most men would be content to rest on their laurels, restless Robin set off to cross the Sahara Desert on a camel. Accompanied by the legendary Tuareg tribesmen, the author wanted to journey not just into the silence of the great desert, but back to the roots of his own soul. Worlds Within is full of the adventure you would expect from such a man of action. However, it is also filled with the type of rare knowledge that was revealed to other desert travellers like Lawrence, Doughty and Thesiger.

284 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 2004