The Last Days of T.E. Lawrence: A Leaf in the Wind Book by Paul J. Marriott, Yvonne Argent

Paul J. Marriott, Yvonne Argent

ISBN 10: 189859516X / ISBN 13: 9781898595168

Published by The Alpha Press, 1996

About this Item

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Pages in unused condition. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1996, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The Last Days of T.E. Lawrence examines the final weeks of T. E. Lawrence?s life, drawing on his letters and on the recollections of people who knew him. An archaeologist, scholar, soldier and writer, Lawrence had occupied influential positions but later enlisted in the RAF, seeking to live apart from his fame as ?Lawrence of Arabia? The book considers the personal influence he had on others and the continuing interest in his life and achievements.The account focuses on Lawrence?s psychological make-up and the difficulties of understanding the man behind the public reputation. It relies extensively on his own words, chiefly from published and unpublished letters, which reveal private, gentle and troubled feelings. His final days are presented in comprehensive chronological order, beginning with the last three months of his RAF service, when he was engaged in supervising the redesign of rescue motorboats. (SP).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Days of T.E. Lawrence: A Leaf in the Wind Book by Paul J. Marriott, Yvonne Argent
• Publisher: The Alpha Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 189859516X
• ISBN 13: 9781898595168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biographies and Memoirs

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Synopsis

"It is quiet here now, and I feel as though I were fixed in my cottage for good. It is as I thought ... something is finished with my leaving the RAF. ... It gets worse instead of healing over ... At present the feeling is mere bewilderment. I imagine leaves must feel like this after they have fallen from their tree and until they die." The Last Days of T.E. Lawrence is a chronicle of the time from when Lawrence of Arabia left the RAF up to his fateful motorcycle accident on 13 May 1935. Much of the story is told in Lawrence's own words, from diaries and letters. It covers his time at Clouds Hill, the picturesque cottage in Dorset, where Lawrence intended to retire. Influenced by Lawrence's last and unpublished writing project, "Leaves in the Wind," A Leaf in the Wind reveals his state of mind as he prepared to leave the RAF. Travelling on his Brough Superior motorcycle along a narrow Dorset lane, Lawrence collided with two pushbikes. An official witness told of Lawrence travelling fast, and swerving to avoid a black car coming in the opposite direction. This book painstakingly fits together all the evidence to determine the truth of the motorcycle crash that led to the death of Lawrence of Arabia. For the first time a detailed record is set down covering the last six days before the accident. Meticulously researched by Paul Marriott and Yvonne Argent, their painstaking investigations reveal many new insights into Lawrence's life, activities and interests.

Synopsis

A Leaf in The Wind covers the last days of T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) up to and following his mysterious and fatal motorcycle accident on the 13th of May, 1935. New evidence discovered by the authors questions the original story published at the time, and sheds new light on his tragic death. Meticulously researched over several years these painstaking investigations have revealed many new insights in Lawrence's life, activities and interests, some of which may surprise and offend many people. The documentary and photographic evidence encompasses some 60 plates, maps and figures, and for anyone with an interest in T E Lawrence this book will be essential reading.