[mojito]

Terrific essay review of a new Lawrence biography. Military history buffs will enjoy it.

[LS]

Lawrence, of course, had his flaws. But I greatly admire him for the following: he had finished "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" and was taking it to the publisher in a briefcase in a train station. He set it down, and the briefcase was stolen when he took his eyes off it. He rewrote the entire thing, from memory.

Similar story with Thomas Hart Benton, whose book in the 1800s, "Thirty Years' View," burned up in a fire.

[stormer]

Sounds interesting - Korda is a pretty fair essayist and his subject Lawrence a supremely fascinating individual. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the most carefully written and challenging readings I’ve encountered.

[dfwgator]

Lawrence....Lawrence of Arabia
He was an English Guy
He came to fight the Turkish

[jjotto]

Wasn’t a wealthy woman named Gertrude Bell actually his ‘brain’?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

[bkepley]

Is there any other race that has produced as many eccentric and fascinating warriors as the British? I’ve been in a complete British Empire immersion for the last couple of years. Lawrence is only one specimin and not even the most interesting.