Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T. E. Lawrence
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T. E. Lawrence
List: $15.00 | Sale: $10.50
Club: $7.50

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Author: T. E. Lawrence

Narrator: Jim Norton

Abridged: 3 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 10/01/2000


Synopsis

Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his role in leading the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War. A reluctant leader, and wracked by guilt at the duplicity of the British, Lawrence nevertheless threw himself into his role, suffering the blistering desert conditions and masterminding military campaigns which culminated in the triumphant march of the Arabs into Damascus.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brent on April 07, 2012

Well, I've been working on this one for a while. It is by turns majestic, tiresome, enigmatic, and written in the grand manner of the 19th Century. It is interesting to find the big moments of the film, "Lawrence of Arabia", almost made light of in his memoir. He seems to be vain about all the wrong......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on March 26, 2023

"So, let's see if I got that. Seventeen cappuccinos. Ten black no sugar. Fifteen lattes with sugar. Six espressos. Four double espressos. And nine soya milk pumpkin spice lattes." I joke not. These guys on camels are coffee drinkers. What the film leaves out takes many pages and miles of sand to get to and......more