Empire of sand
By: Robert Ryan
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780755329250; 9780755329243; 9780755343355; 9780755329267
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918; Secret service; Military campaigns; Fiction
Description: 1915. While the war in Europe escalates, a young intelligence officer named Thomas Edward Lawrence is in Cairo, awaiting his chance for action. A man of immense energy, he runs a network of agents across the Levant. Lawrence is convinced that an Arab revolt is the only way to remove the Ottoman presence, and leave a free self-governed Arabia. When alarming reports reach him of trouble in Persia, orchestrated by infamous German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss, Lawrence assembles a small group and travels to Persia. Little does he know that his actions will bring about a resolution that might just save the lives of millions of men in the trenches of Europe.