
Captain Shakespear: Desert Exploration, Arabian Intrigue and the Rise of Ibn Sa‘ud
Dianna Wray
Alan Dillon
Medina Publishing, 2019.
“Captain Shakespear is a familiar figure to any British diplomat or soldier who has served in Saudi Arabia. ... [B]ecause the Al Sa‘ud themselves have never forgotten him.”
—Sir John Jenkins,
British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2012-2015
British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2012-2015
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