LAWRENCE OF ARABIA! Doesn't that name conjure up sweeping sand dunes, distant oases and camel caravans? T. E. Lawrence was perhaps the epitome of the gentleman adventurer.' He didn't share the general insular outlook of most Englishmen of his day, and actively immersed himself in other cultures. His legend is much greater than his 5'5" height. While historians will appreciate this book, modern-day young people will also empathize with his need for speed.'
From back cover:
The Essential T. E. Lawrence is both an anthology and an autobiography, with an introduction by the renowned Lawrence scholar Malcolm Brown.
Not only does it provide a judicious and wide-ranging selection of his best writings, some of which are unavailable elsewhere, it also offers readers the fascinating life story of the man known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia.
The book begins with the eloquent letters the young adventurer from Oxford University wrote as he traveled from Britain to France and then to the Middle East, and ends with the final telegram thirty years later just before his ill-fated motorcycle ride from Bovington Camp to Clouds Hill. In between we meet Lawrence the archeologist, intelligence officer, soldier-in-the-field, polemicist, and diplomat; it is an unforgettable portrait of one of the premier adventurers of the twentieth century. Reading The Essential T.E. Lawrence we experience again the dramatic twists--the incredible highs and the equally profound lows--of his remarkable career.
From back cover:
The Essential T. E. Lawrence is both an anthology and an autobiography, with an introduction by the renowned Lawrence scholar Malcolm Brown.
Not only does it provide a judicious and wide-ranging selection of his best writings, some of which are unavailable elsewhere, it also offers readers the fascinating life story of the man known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia.
The book begins with the eloquent letters the young adventurer from Oxford University wrote as he traveled from Britain to France and then to the Middle East, and ends with the final telegram thirty years later just before his ill-fated motorcycle ride from Bovington Camp to Clouds Hill. In between we meet Lawrence the archeologist, intelligence officer, soldier-in-the-field, polemicist, and diplomat; it is an unforgettable portrait of one of the premier adventurers of the twentieth century. Reading The Essential T.E. Lawrence we experience again the dramatic twists--the incredible highs and the equally profound lows--of his remarkable career.
