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Genre/Form: | Biographies History Personal narratives Personal narratives, British Biography |
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Named Person: | T E Lawrence; T E Lawrence |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
T E Lawrence |
ISBN: | 022400896X 9780224008969 |
OCLC Number: | 3242293 |
Description: | 700 pages, [12] leaves. illustrations, maps, portraits 23 cm |
Contents: | Preface / by A.W. Lawrence -- Introductory chapter -- Introduction: foundations of revolt -- Book I: The discovery of Feisal -- Book II: Opening the Arab offensive -- Book III: A railway diversion -- Book IV: Extending to Akaba -- Book V: Marking time -- Book VI: The raid upon the bridges -- Book VII: The Dead Sea campaign -- Book VIII: The ruin of high hope -- Book IX: Balancing for a last effort -- Book X: The house is perfected -- Epilogue. |
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Living his Dream
T. E. Lawrence's masterpiece was published in 1926 even though he wrote most of it about 1919 following his return from the desert. Reading this classic account of Lawrence's exploits is both exhilarating and informative. I am impressed by his depiction of Arab culture of the time and its seeming...
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T. E. Lawrence's masterpiece was published in 1926 even though he wrote most of it about 1919 following his return from the desert. Reading this classic account of Lawrence's exploits is both exhilarating and informative. I am impressed by his depiction of Arab culture of the time and its seeming connection with past and present. The importance of tales told around the hearth as the heart of Arab culture seems to be similar to the culture encountered by Muhammad as he was growing up centuries earlier. Further, Lawrence's keen ability to describe his surroundings and bring the events, of which he was often the center, alive is shown in almost every chapter. The portraits of the Arab leaders from Abdulla and Auda to Feisel are fascinating in their detail and psychological insight. Lawrence, it seems, was born for this journey and fated to share it with us. T. E. Lawrence acted upon his dream 'with open eyes' and made it happen. In a book filled with deception he gives us a view into the world before the end of World War I changed everything. We see the various Arab factions and the deals made with the British. More importantly we are given insight into the men through Lawrence's eyes, his acute judgement, and his poetic narrative. He notes the keys to the Arab Revolt in the common language they shared and their heritage of the greatness that existed under the Caliphs going back to the six centuries following the death of Muhammad. We share in his pangs of conscience and his judgements of others and his own life and actions. He notes that "feeling and illusion were at war within me" and it reminds me of the birth of modernity with Faustian man. Also important are his comments on the British in the Middle East and the nature of the soldier in war. Ultimately I was moved and found support for my own subjunctive mood in this inspirational book.
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