The seven pillars of wisdom / T.E. Lawrence.
By: Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward).
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BookSeries: Wordsworth classics of world literature: Publisher: Ware, Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Editions, 1997Description: xxviii, 665 p. ; 20cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1853264695.Subject(s): Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Arabian Peninsula | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British | Arabs -- History -- 20th century | Wahhabiyah, Saudi Arabia | Arabian Peninsula -- Social life and customs
DDC classification: 940.415 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 940.415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070281 |
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With an Introduction by Angus Calder.
As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the fighting experience of the First World War'. Lawrence's younger brothers, Frank and Will, had been killed on the Western Front in 1915. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, written between 1919 and 1926, tells of the vastly different campaign against the Turks in the Middle East - one which encompasses gross acts of cruelty and revenge and ends in a welter of stink and corpses in the disgusting 'hospital' in Damascus.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is no Boys Own Paper tale of Imperial triumph, but a complex work of high literary aspiration which stands in the tradition of Melville and Dostoevsky, and alongside the writings of Yeats, Eliot and Joyce.
Introduction: Foundations of Revolt -- Book I: The Discovery of Feisal -- Book II: Opening the Arab Offensive -- Book III: A Railway Diversion -- Book IV: Extending to Akaba -- Book V: Marking Time -- Book VI: The raid upon the Bridges -- Book VII: The Dead Sea Campaign -- Book VIII: The ruin of High Hope -- Book IX: Balancing for a last effort -- Book X: The House is perfected -- Epilogue.