Harold Orlans

T.E. Lawrence

Biography of a Broken Hero

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Produktbeschreibung

This study of a man whose character and achievements have been much debated is based on a review of virtually every published and unpublished English source in British and US libraries and archives, including the important archive of Lawrence's letters and papers in the Bodleian Library.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 293
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780786413072
• ISBN-10: 0786413077
• Artikelnr.: 22408896

Autorenporträt

The late Harold Orlans contributed to Minerva, The American Scholar, Change, Biography, and The Journal of the T.E. Lawrence Society, and was the editor of Lawrence of Arabia, Strange Man of Letters, of which a reviewer said that he has "shown us..., better than in all the biographies, the pulsing heart of Lawrence." He lived in Bethesda, Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Introduction    
Chronology of Lawrence's Life     
Prologue: A Rocket Flared and Fell    
PART 1: LIFE
1 Childhood and Youth (1888-1907)    
2 College and the East (1908-1914)    
3 War (1914-1918)    
4 Undiplomatic Battles (1918-1922)    
5 In and Out of the RAF (1922)    
6 The Tank Corps (1923-1925)    
7 Back in the RAF (1925-1926)    
8 India (1927-1928)    
9 Seas and Shores (1929-1935)    
10 The Last Twelve Weeks (1935)    
PART 2: CHARACTER AND CONDUCT
11 Body and Appearance    
12 Eating and Living Habits    
13 Possessions and Finances    
14 Parents    
15 Brothers    
16 Friends    
17 Illegitimacy and Pseudonyms    
18 Sociable and Solitary    
19 Political Outlook    
20 "My Name Is Legion"    
21 Masochism and Sexuality    
PART 3: CONCLUSION
22 Summing Up    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index