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Mack, John E., 1929-2004.

A prince of our disorder : the life of T.E. Lawrence / John E. Mack.

1st ed.

Boston : Little, Brown, ©1976.

xxviii, 561 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

An historical and psychological study of the legendary Lawrence, detailing and assessing his motivations, decisions, actions, and impact within their familial, personal, social, and cultural contexts.

Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935.

Great Britain. Army -- Biography.

British -- Middle East -- History -- 20th century.

Middle East specialists -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Archaeologists -- Middle East -- Biography.

Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Middle East.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-537) and index.

Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1977.

Chapmans and Lawrences -- Childhood and adolescence -- Lawrence and his family: the burden of illegitimacy -- Literary influences -- Crusader castles -- Lawrence at Jesus College, 1907-1910 -- The first trip to the Middle East, 1909 -- Lawrence at Carchemish -- The epic dream and the fact of war -- The background of the Arab Revolt -- Two years in Cairo, 1914-1916 -- The course of the Arab Revolt -- The capture of Damascus -- The achievements of "Aurens" -- The question of motivation -- Lawrence the enabler -- The conflict of responsibility -- The heroic legend and the hero -- The shattering of the dream -- Arab self-determination and Arab unity -- Leaving Damascus behind -- At the Paris Peace Conference -- Return to England: London and All Souls -- Lawrence and Churchill: the political settlements in the Middle East -- The service years: an overview -- Ross: the first RAF enlistment -- The years in the tanks -- Cranwell -- India -- Mount Batten -- "Boats, boats, boats" -- Retirement and death.

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