Seven Pillars of WisdomCourier Dover Publications, 16 mar 2018 - 688 "It ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language. As a narrative of war and adventure … it is unsurpassable." — Winston Churchill T. E. Lawrence's autobiographical tale, the basis for the film Lawrence of Arabia, offers a firsthand account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks. Lawrence was already a living legend by the time of this book's initial publication, and his colorful, poetic memoir paints a fascinating portrait of the Middle East during World War I. Faced with a deadlock on the Western front, the British pursued the opening of an Eastern front by persuading the Arabs to attack the Ottoman Empire. Lawrence's understanding of Arab culture and his skills as a tactician made him the ideal liaison. His action-packed accounts of desert campaigns and acute observations of people, places, and events form a vivid historical record that combines the power of a heroic epic with the intimacy of an autobiography. |
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the discovery of feisal | 44 |
opening the arab offensive | 96 |
a railway diversion | 150 |
extending to akaba | 214 |
marking time | 301 |
the raid upon the bridges | 371 |
the dead sea campaign | 443 |
the ruin of high hope | 498 |
balancing for a last effort | 531 |
the house is perfected | 580 |
Appendix i | 665 |
Appendix ii | 667 |
Index to place names | 671 |
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