Reviews for Lawrence of Arabia : A Biographical Enquiry

The average rating for Lawrence of Arabia : A Biographical Enquiry based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-08-15 00:00:00 Raymond Pierlioni (okay NO I didn't entirely finish it, I think I read 2/3rds) Initially I was very weary of this book because it's always sold as 'the most vocal anti-Lawrence book out there' and I just went ... no ... leave my babie(TM) alone ... and also I was aware that after the embargo on documents pertaining to Lawrence everyone swooped in and said 'Aldington was wrong!' However. I think everyone who wants to study Lawrence should read it, because although Aldington is - indeed - committed to showing that Lawrence wasn't truthful 100% of the time in Seven Pillars, and he was wrong on some accounts, the careful process through which he approaches this... dismantling of the Lawrence legend is very interesting. One thing that I learnt from Aldington and that was extremely helpful to keep in mind while writing my thesis was to never, ever, uncritically take T.E. at face value in his writing.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-06-30 00:00:00 Timothy Golba A very interesting book. A different point of view of Lawrence.