T. E. Lawrence: A New Biography
by Desmond Stewart
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"Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888[5]? 19 May 1935), known professionally as T.E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916?18. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title which was used for the 1962 film based on his show more World War I activities."--Wikipedia. show lessTags
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An impressively detailed biography of an iconic subject. T. E. Lawrence receives the informed presentation of a life that was both heroic and epic.
Desmond Stewart has a new and more accurate story of the life of Lawrence of Arabia.
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Heyne Biographien (91)
Common Knowledge
- Original title
- T. E. Lawrence
- Original publication date
- 1977
- People/Characters
- T. E. Lawrence
- Important places
- Middle East; Arabia; Ottoman Empire
- Important events
- World War I (1914 | 1918); Arab Revolt (1916 | 1918)
- Dedication
- To Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson
- First words
- By the eighties of the last century the green countryside to the north of Oxford had been colonized by red brick and pallid mortar.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The pilgrim must be dull-souled who does not sense, beneath the green plastic flower pots, a giant spirit writhing in a little frame.
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
