![]() In early 1914 he was an archaeologist digging ruins in Syria by 1919 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army, as he. The intertwined paths of these four young men - the schemes they put in place, the battles they fought, the betrayals they endured and committed - mirror the grandeur, intrigue and tragedy of the war in the desert. At the center of it all was Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence. Operating in the Middle East at the same time, but to wildly different ends, were three other important players: a German attaché, an American oilman and a committed Zionist. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist excavating ruins in the sands of Syria by 1917 he was battling both the enemy and his own government to bring about the vision he had for the Arab people. ![]() ![]() As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power.Īt the centre of it all was Lawrence. ![]() He knows how to tell a story, and in Lawrence in Arabia he has quite a story to tell. Amidst the slaughter in European trenches, the Western combatants paid scant attention to the Middle Eastern theatre. Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent and successful historian and novelist. ![]() The Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War One was, in the words of T.E. 's Top Ten History Books of the Year 2014 ![]()
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