A captivating visual biography of the first modern celebrity, told through his own photographs, desert paintings, drawings and ephemera, all supported by quotations from his own mesmerizing first-hand account of his experiences. Published to accompany a major exhibition at Londons Imperial War Museum opening in October 2005, this lavishly illustrated book takes us inside the mind of a man of extraordinary energy, ability and charisma.
The exploits of T.E. Lawrence as British liaison officer in the Arab Revolt, recounted in his work Seven Pillars of Wisdom, made him one of the most famous Englishmen of...
One of the Best Books of the Year: The Christian Science Monitor NPR The Seattle Times St. Louis Post-Dispatch Chicago Tribune A New York Times Notable Book Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography The Arab Revolt ...
E. Kedourie, England and the Middle East (Cambridge, 1956). , The Chatham House Version (1970). , In the ... P.S. Khoury, 'Factionalism among Syrian Nationalists during the French Mandate', International Journal of Middle East Studies, ...
The Making of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia
From the packagers of the bestselling pictorial history of The Wizard of Oz comes an illustrated history of the classic screen epic Lawrence of Arabia--fully authorized by David Lean and...
Lawrence of Arabia's classic set of guidelines on military leadership in the Middle East.
Medievalism of Lawrence of Arabia
Recounts the life of Lawrence of Arabia including how he used modern-day guerilla tactics to help the Arabs beat the Turks and establish an indepedent state.
... far held in reserve, straight down the wadi from the north to get at the Turks as they out.37 pulled * * *Most of the Turks were not going anywhere: they were determinedly defending their trenches. Cox's charge ran into concentrated ...
Here I have indicated those scenes and also tried to show the man himself, his pair for tactics in the field, his more unusual gift of understanding the strategical results of his successes, the magnetism which drew the Bedouin to him, and ...