T.E. Lawrence: Biography of a Broken Hero

T.E. Lawrence: Biography of a Broken HeroDescription by Harold Orlans Paperback Lawrence of Arabia, as an adviser to Prince Feisal, led camel riding Bedouins in a guerrilla war against Turkey from Arabia to Damascus. The great British hero of World War I, he helped Winston Churchill draw the map of the modern Middle East, creating Jordan and making Feisal king of Iraq. Then, in 1922, he shed the rank of colonel and his name to serve as a private in the Royal Air Force until shortly before

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Don’t throw in the (tea) towel