Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, the Legend
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500512388 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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In 2004, The Times (London) reported a massive surge of interest in Seven Pillars, and Brown reasons that Lawrence obviously still has the power to fascinate and astonish. George CohenCopyright © American Library Association. Brown chronicles Lawrence's life from his early years in North Wales and Oxford to his travels in the Middle East and his military career, which the author documents in detail. All rights reserved. (Charlotte Shaw, the wife of playwright George Bernard Shaw, wa
Army intelligence work in Egypt in the early years of the war was the prelude to his participation in Emir Feisal's great Arab revolt against the Ottomans, fame at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and work with Winston Churchill after the war. 180 illustrations, 80 in color.. Lawrence's story told through his own photographs, paintings, drawings, and ephemera, all supported by quotations from his mesmerizing firsthand account of his experiences.From the moment that Alexander Korda first set out to turn T. E. Lawrence's life into a movie not long after Lawrence's death in 1935 (a passion that only became a reality in the 1960s through other hands in Peter O'Toole's riveting performance), the mythic figure of the man on the camel enacting a heroic dream has captured the
. Lawrence and his research over many years included interviews with people who had known Lawrence. E. Malcolm Brown has written widely on T
Amazon Customer said more of a pictorial really. I have been fascinated with T.E. Lawrence for most of my life. I'm a bit puzzled by it really, since I despise Britain's colonial meddling throughout the world and find war very distasteful, as well. I own Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" which is really the best source for learning about his life and work in the Middle East. There are other books out there which are biographical that contain far more substance than this book but the real treasure here is the many, many photographs taken by Lawrence himself. The photography in this book really gives you a sense of how he. "Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, The Legend" "Pvt. Meek" Being a die-hard Lawrencian for 30 years, I really enjoyed this companion book to the exhibit done at the Imperial War Museum in London. Malcom Brown does another fine job of locating photos, letters and information and then presenting them in chapters to represent different phases of T.E.'s life---there were even a few items that were new to me and enjoyed discovering something "new" after all these years. I'd recommend this book as a fine introduction to the life of T.E.Lawrence for a first timer and if you're into T.E. then what are you waiting for---add this book to your. roy cozad jr said What a legend!. Saw the exhibit in London the book is based on and loved it. Book does a great job of covering the show and his life. Not just his time in WW 1. Easy to read with lots of photos.