Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, Volume I

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph #1

by T.E. Lawrence

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《远行译丛：智慧七柱（1）》([英]T.E.劳伦斯)

作者:T.E.劳伦斯 蔡悯生
出版社:上海文艺出版社

装订方式:精装
版次:第1版
开本:32开
出版时间:2016-10-01
用纸:胶版纸
页数:440
语种:中文
丛书名:远行译丛
类目:小说|历史小说

352 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1939

About the author

Thomas Edward Lawrence, British soldier, adventurer, and writer, who, known as "Lawrence of Arabia," from 1916 led the revolt against the Turks to 1918 and later wrote The Seven Pillars of Wisdom , an account of his adventures, in 1926.

The professional world came for Thomas Edward Lawrence. In 1922, he used John Hume Ross, the name, to enlist in the royal air force, which discovered and forced him. Afterward, he took T.E. Shaw to join the tank corps in 1923. The royal air force in 1925 eventually let him back.

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Reviews

[Antony Vathy-Riakos · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought the first unabridged US edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom ( both ‘volumes’ combined) many years ago in a used bookstore. I had read excerpts prior to that in The Essential T E Lawrence. Lawrence of Arabia, David Leane’s magnificent film, was the first motion picture I had ever seen when I watched it in 1962. I was enthralled by this larger than life character, and, possibly in imitation of the hero, I studied the Classics, French, Arabic, and worked as an archaeologist in the Middle East. I have just returned from a visit to Dorset where we found ourselves alone with two knowledgeable guides well-versed in history and Lawrence-lore. Lawrence’s cottage, Clouds Hill, was tiny, but a fine monument to a strange man’s genius.

Modern views of Lawrence have been varied, from a kind of hero worship to calling him a charlatan, a masochist, an exhibitionist. Having endured the heat and discomfort of the desert, having worked beside Bedouin and enjoyed their hospitality, I can say that his descriptions of life there all ring true. He facilitated a revolt using what we may view as ‘terrorist’ tactics to disrupt the Ottoman Empire with great success. As the Ottoman Turks were allied with the Germans at the time, it was all part of the war effort. Considering his sufferings, the number of times he was wounded, and the emaciated state of his body at the end of the ordeal, it is remarkable that he survived at all. To his credit, Lawrence chose to receive no financial reward for Seven Pillars of Wisdom, not wishing it to be claimed that he enriched himself from the war. Clouds Hill was to be a book-lined cocoon in which to spend his final days, writing translations, numerous letters to friends and dignitaries. Sadly, he was killed after enjoying his cottage for just two months.

I highly recommend this book, a highly readable account of an incredible life pushed to the limit in service to a cause.