Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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First-hand account of Middle Eastern campaign

Seven Pillars of Wisdom can be a good read for history enthusiasts who want to know about the Middle Eastern campaigns during the First World War. The book provides a unique perspective on the war and its aftermath, with vivid descriptions of the situations faced by soldiers during the campaigns. Its most distinctive feature is the author's unflinching honesty about the horrors and cruelties of war, which makes it a sobering read. Overall, it is a high literary work that provides insight into the human experience of war.

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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ISBN: 9781853264696
Authors: T.E. Lawrence
Date of Publication: 1999-12-05
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.9
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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..
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First-hand account of Middle Eastern campaign

Seven Pillars of Wisdom can be a good read for history enthusiasts who want to know about the Middle Eastern campaigns during the First World War. The book provides a unique perspective on the war and its aftermath, with vivid descriptions of the situations faced by soldiers during the campaigns. Its most distinctive feature is the author's unflinching honesty about the horrors and cruelties of war, which makes it a sobering read. Overall, it is a high literary work that provides insight into the human experience of war.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.