Description

An autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence while serving as a military adviser to the Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire from 1916 to 1918, this book recounts the revolt against the Turks as it appeared to an Englishman who took part in it. Around this military chronicle, Lawrence weaves an extraordinary tapestry of portraits, descriptions, philosophies, emotions, adventures, and dreams.

He brings to the work fastidious scholarship, an impeccable memory, a style finely woven with Oxfordisms and Doughty, an unparalleled eye for detail, a profound distrust of himself, and an even deeper faith.