Seven Pillars of Wisdom
a triumph
$39.02
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
21 June 2000
Summary
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Captivating Chronicle of War and Intrigue
Although ‘continually and bitterly ashamed’ that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant campaign which revolutionized the art of war.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom recreates epic events with extraordinary vividness. In the words of E. M. Forster, ‘Round this tent-pole of a military chronicle, T. E. has hun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141182766 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141182768 |
| Author: | T.E. Lawrence |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 21 June 2000 |
| Weight: | 495g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
T.E. Lawrence
Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) was born in Wales and educated at Jesus and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford. He was commissioned on the outbreak of the First World War and in 1917 was officially attached to the staff of the Hejaz expeditionary force, under General Wingate. After the war, Lawrence was Advisor on Arab Affairs in the Middle Eastern Division of the Colonial Office. In 1927, embarrassed with the ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ legend, he changed his name by deed poll to Shaw’. In addition to Seven Pillars of Wisdom, of which Lawrence lost almost the whole manuscript at Reading station in 1919, he wrote Revolt in the Desert (1927) and The Odyssey of Homer (1935), a translation in prose.
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