T.E. Lawrence

by Malcolm Brown

Book Overview

T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935)--known worldwide as Lawrence of Arabia-- was many people in one: scholar, archaeologist, intelligence officer, guerrilla leader, diplomat, aspiring writer, and ordinary serviceman hiding under aliases from the celebrity he had first largely created and then come to despise. Illegitimate, but with aristocratic connections, an outsider yet also at ease with, and much admired by, many of his finest contemporaries, he was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814799205
• ISBN13: 9780814799208
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

TE Lawrence Military Writings

This book by Malcolm Brown is thoroughly researched and contains the most important of Lawrence's writings, aside from Seven Pillars. As Malcolm Brown is a well-known expert on TE Lawrence and on World War I, no other books on Lawrence's writings are as well selected for historical importance or for their revelation of Lawrence's military and literary genius. M. Brown himself has a special genius for understanding and communicating to us the importance of history in the most exciting writing style.