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TE Lawrence - An Arab View
301 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1966
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September 30, 2024
I never review a book without finishing it; and if I can't finish it then I'll just remove it from my Goodreads lists and hope I can remmeber to not pick it up again.
However, there is such a paucity of information about this book that I feel compelled to comment.
I had found this book because I'd read 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' by T.E. Lawrence and followed that up with 'Lawrence of Arabia. A biographical enquiry' by Richard Aldington. I was hopeful that this book would provide some objective counter-balance but I was sorely disappointed. I didn't get past page 51 before I gave up. The author admitted that he coud not disprove Lawrences claims but attempts to cast doubt on pretty much everything Lawrence said or was claimed to have done; at the same time he happily and unquestioningly quotes from King Abdullah's memoirs.
I'm sure that the book may be of interest to scholars of history in learning more details about the events of that time (specifically certain battles); but it's all tainted by the author's obvious biases both for King Abdullah and his inability to countenance that the arabs needed help from anyone else in their uprising.
However, there is such a paucity of information about this book that I feel compelled to comment.
I had found this book because I'd read 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' by T.E. Lawrence and followed that up with 'Lawrence of Arabia. A biographical enquiry' by Richard Aldington. I was hopeful that this book would provide some objective counter-balance but I was sorely disappointed. I didn't get past page 51 before I gave up. The author admitted that he coud not disprove Lawrences claims but attempts to cast doubt on pretty much everything Lawrence said or was claimed to have done; at the same time he happily and unquestioningly quotes from King Abdullah's memoirs.
I'm sure that the book may be of interest to scholars of history in learning more details about the events of that time (specifically certain battles); but it's all tainted by the author's obvious biases both for King Abdullah and his inability to countenance that the arabs needed help from anyone else in their uprising.
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