Lawrence : the uncrowned king of Arabia
Lawrence began the Great War as a clerk and ended as a military hero. He altered the face of the Middle East, helped to lead the Arabs to freedom, and formulated modern guerilla warfare. Yet he refused any honours, and lived in obscurity. This biography attempts to find the real Lawrence
Biographies
xix, 418 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
9780670870295, 0670870293
40520049
Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light
Dominus illuminatio mea
Nothing which qualified him to be an ordinary member of society
The sultan drank tea as usual
A rather remarkable young man
Mr Hogarth is going digging
The baron in the feudal system
Peace in Mesopotamia such as has not been seen for generations
The insurance people have nailed me down
Cairo is unutterable things
The biggest thing in the near east since 1550
Fallen like a sword into their midst
Not an army but a world is moving upon Wejh
I do not suppose any Englishman before ever had such a place
Is it not known what are the present whereabouts of Captain Lawrence
An Amateurish Buffalo-Billy sort of performance
Ahmad ibn Baqr, a Circassian from Qunaytra
The most ghastly material to build into a design
My dreams puffed out like candles in the strong wind of success
Colonel Lawrence still goes on; only I have stepped out of the way
In speed we hurl ourselves beyond the body