Lawrence of Arabia

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Lawrence of Arabia became a legend in his own lifetime. This is the biography which destroyed the legend. If only part of Richárd Aldington's ruthless indictment is endorsed by posterity, then not only the gullible public but many eminent individuals, such as Winston Churchill and Róbert Graves, 'will be made to appear fools, hypocrites or partners in a fraud'. In this edition Christopher Sykes's balanced introduction brings the debate up to date. 'There is a passión behind this book which strangely puts one in mind of a personal vendetta' - Guardian 'I am obliged to Mr Aldington for having forced me to think more highly of T. E. Lawrence than I everthought before' - Harold Nicolson in the Observer 'It is weil written and should be widely read. I believe that he has done good service in writing it. For it will provoke not only interest but anger, and in the clang a balance may be struck' - Lord Vansittart in the Daily Telegraph PELICAN BIOGRAPHIES To a unique degree good biography... Tovább

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Lawrence of Arabia became a legend in his own lifetime. This is the biography which destroyed the legend. If only part of Richárd Aldington's ruthless indictment is endorsed by posterity, then not only the gullible public but many eminent individuals, such as Winston Churchill and Róbert Graves, 'will be made to appear fools, hypocrites or partners in a fraud'. In this edition Christopher Sykes's balanced introduction brings the debate up to date. 'There is a passión behind this book which strangely puts one in mind of a personal vendetta' - Guardian 'I am obliged to Mr Aldington for having forced me to think more highly of T. E. Lawrence than I everthought before' - Harold Nicolson in the Observer 'It is weil written and should be widely read. I believe that he has done good service in writing it. For it will provoke not only interest but anger, and in the clang a balance may be struck' - Lord Vansittart in the Daily Telegraph PELICAN BIOGRAPHIES To a unique degree good biography brings history to life. This new series aims to bring together somé of the best modern 'lives' of notable men and women of all periods and in all spheres: somé can be classed as definitive, all are both readable and authoritative. Literary biography figures largely in the series (with lives of Tolstoy, Dickens, Mark Twain, Kipling, Conrad, Wells, Balzac and Baudelaire), but biographies of monarchs and statesmen, soldiers and scientists, artists, composers and others will alsó be included. The cover shows a detail of a portrait of T. E. Lawrence by Augustus John, in the National Portrait Gallery For copyright reasons this edition is not for sale in the U.S.A. Vissza