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Newly released from Duke Classics—Thomas Edward Lawrence's The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. An autobiographical account of a British military man embroiled in the Arab Revolt in the Middle East, Lawrence weaves recollections and narrative with adventure, military exploits, and human strengths and weaknesses.
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English
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A forty-year-old schoolteacher from Ohio still reeling from the tragedies of the Great War and the influenza epidemic comes into a modest inheritance that allows her to take the trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Holy Land. Arriving at the site of the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, she meets Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, and Lady Gertrude Bell. With her plainspoken American opinions, she becomes a sounding board for these historic luminaries who...
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Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
The unabridged edition was selected by The New York Times as one of the six best nonfiction books of 1990. Now this critically acclaimed biography--abridged by the author--offers a portrait of the legendary modern-day knight, Arab revolt leader, British secret agent and World War I military genius.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[2002].
Language
English
Description
First published in 1976, John Mack's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography humanely and objectively explores the relationship between T.E. Lawrence's inner life and his historically significant actions. Extensive research provides the basis for Mack's sensitive investigation of the psychological dimensions of Lawrence's personality and with the history, sociology, and politics of his time.
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