num_pages: 699
description: T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) first won fame for his writings and his participation in the British-sponsored Arab Revolt of WWI but the adventurer known even in his day as Lawrence of Arabia is remembered today mostly as the subject of the 1962 film masterpiece based on his life. This splendid page-turner revitalizes this protean enigmatic adventurer. That this colorful British scholar/Middle East warrior deserves a better fate is demonstrated amply in Michael Kordas' authoritative 784-page biography. Exciting well-written and relevant.699 pages of text 762 with notes
language: English
title: Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
publisher: Harper