Seven Pillars of Wisdom A Triumph Author:T. E. Lawrence "It describes the revolt in Arabia against the Turks, as it appeared to an Englishman who took part. Round this tentpole of a military chronicle T.E. has hung an unexampled fabric of portraits, descriptions, philosophies, emotions, adventures, dreams. He has brought to his task a fastidious scholarship, an impeccable memory, a style nicely woven... more » of Oxfordisms and Doughty, an eye unparalleled... a profound distrust of himself, a still profounder faith." -E.M. Forster
"It ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language. As a narrative of war and adventure it is unsurpassable." -Sir Winston Churchill
No collection of modern classics would be complete without Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It remains - like its creator - brilliant, controversial, and finally inscrutable.« less