Title: Setting the desert on fire
First published: 2006
Description: This full story of the desert revolt made famous by Lawrence of Arabia covers a wide range of characters, including Ronald Storrs, Sharif Husein, his malleable younger son Feisal, Sir Mark Sykes and Francois Picot and Lawrence himself. Their ambitions, rivalries and underhand actions are the subject of this book.
Subjects: Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918, Politics and government, History, Lawrence, t. e. (thomas edward), 1888-1935, Arab countries, history, 20th century, Arabian peninsula, politics and government
Places: Arab countries, Middle East
People: T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)
Time periods: 1914-1945, Arab Revolt, 1916-1918
LC classification: D568.4 .B37 2006, DS63.04 .B37 2006