Setting the desert on fire : T.E. Lawrence and Britain's secret war in Arabia, 1916-18
Barr, James, 1976-2006
Book
This full story of the desert revolt made famous by Lawrence of Arabia covers a wide range of characters, including Ronald Storrs, Sharif Husein, his malleable younger son Feisal, Sir Mark Sykes and Francois Picot and Lawrence himself. Their ambitions, rivalries and underhand actions are the subject of this book.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2006.
Collation:
xvi, 362 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) and index.
ISBN:
9780747579861 (hbk)0747579865 (hbk)
Dewey class:
956'.02
Language:
English
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BRN:
316621