Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
T. E. Lawrence
ISBN 10: 1853264695 ISBN 13: 9781853264696
Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999
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With an Introduction by Angus Calder.
As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the fighting experience of the First World War'. Lawrence's younger brothers, Frank and Will, had been killed on the Western Front in 1915. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, written between 1919 and 1926, tells of the vastly different campaign against the Turks in the Middle East - one which encompasses gross acts of cruelty and revenge and ends in a welter of stink and corpses in the disgusting 'hospital' in Damascus.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is no Boys Own Paper tale of Imperial triumph, but a complex work of high literary aspiration which stands in the tradition of Melville and Dostoevsky, and alongside the writings of Yeats, Eliot and Joyce.
Review: "...skilfully narrated by British actor James Wilby...Strongly recommended for listeners of military history, autobiography, travel narrative, or Arab history." (Library Journal Review)
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Title: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Wordsworth Classics...
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good