[PDF] The Secret Lives Of Lawrence Of Arabia eBook

Author : Thomas Nelson & Sons
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Arab countries
ISBN :

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Publisher's prospectus for The secret lives Lawrence of Arabia.

Author : Michael Korda
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1845138376

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Michael Korda’s Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious,Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination, known the world over as ‘Lawrence of Arabia. An Oxford Scholar and archaeologist, T.E. Lawrence was sent to Cairo as an intelligence officer in 1916 and vanished into the desert in 1917. He united and led the Arab tribes to defeat the Turks and eventually capture Damascus, an adventure he recorded in the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A born leader, utterly fearless and seemingly impervious to pain and danger, he remained modest, and retiring. Farsighted diplomat, brilliant military strategist, the first media celebrity, and acclaimed writer, Lawrence was a visionary whose achievements transcended his time: had his vision for the modern Middle East been carried through, the hatred and bloodshed that have since plagued the region might have prevented. The democratic reforms he would have implemented as British High Commissioner of Egypt, are those the Egyptians are now demanding, 91 years later. Ultimately, as this magisterial work demonstrates, Lawrence remains the paradigm of the hero in modern times.

Author : Lowell Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Arab countires
ISBN : 9781853755002

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With Lawrence in Arabia, first published in 1925, was the inspiration for the David Lean film Lawrence of Arabia starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif.

Author : Scott Anderson
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0385532938

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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 against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, “a sideshow of a sideshow.” As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. At the center of it all was Lawrence himself. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist excavating ruins in Syria; by 1917 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army as he fought a rearguard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. Based on four years of intensive primary document research, Lawrence in Arabia definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed.

Author : Jeremy Wilson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780020826620

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Clears up misconceptions about the life and career of the enigmatic British soldier

Author : Lawrence James
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1602393540

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During the 1920s--in the aftermath of the Arab revolt against Britain--T. E. Lawrence gained global attention, both for his involvement in the Middle Eastern anti-imperialist movement, and for his vivid and sensational writings about his experiences. Following World War I, his appointment as an advisor to Winston Churchill--nearly simultaneous with the release of an American documentary about the revolt--further charged the T. E. Lawrence mania. Despite the emergence of a whole new set of problems in the Middle East, and fueled by the classic status of the epic movie Lawrence of Arabia, the T. E. Lawrence mystique continues to fascinate. Controversial and provocative, this revised and updated edition of Lawrence James's acclaimed biography penetrates and overturns the mythology that surrounds T. E. Lawrence. With access to previously unavailable documents, James traces the sometimes spurious Lawrence legend back to its truthful roots, peeling back the layers of Lawrence's calculated public persona to reveal the gifted, tortured man behind the shimmering myth. Yet James remains dispassionate and generous in spirit throughout. The Golden Warrior presents readers with a fascinating study of one of the twentieth century's most remarkable figures.

Author : Dick Benson-Gyles
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843516569

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This groundbreaking work chronicles the author's quest to uncover previously unexplained areas of the life of T.E. Lawrence, the enigmatic desert fighter, aircraftman and writer. The result of years of painstaking research, it contains new material that throws a completely fresh light on Lawrence's concealed private life. Following an extraordinary journey to find the unknown man behind the many myths, the book's two halves are underpinned by the author's personal mission to reveal the man behind the mask; the secret Lawrence. Part One reveals Lawrence's lost Irish heritage - his father's real family (the aristocratic, Anglo-Irish Chapmans), his abandoned half-sisters (with evocative interviews), his illegitimacy, and his mother's obscure forebears. The author shows, for the first time, that his concealment from his titled and wealthy Irish family affected Lawrence more deeply than previously thought; and a surprising truth emerges - that he thought of himself not as English but as Irish. This compelling narrative is powerfully supported by a wide range of unseen photographs. These include his Chapman family and forebears, views of Killua Castle and South Hill (the family seats in Westmeath), and of his time in the RAF during the 1930s. The second part, which follows the author's adventurous travels to the Middle East in search of Lawrence's lost love, has a surprising dénouement - a convincing solution to the cryptic dedication to 'S.A.' of his book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. The author also presents new evidence to vindicate Lawrence's account in the Seven Pillars of the brutal sexual assault on him at Deraa during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18, a controversial episode that has often been questioned.