Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 083718634X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Book by Aldington, Richard
Revisionist History or Hatchet Job? Hancock the Superb In the course of writing a college paper on the film Lawrence of Arabia, I picked up a number of Lawrence-related books - relating to both the film and the man. One of them was Richard Aldington's Biographical Inquiry (1955), infamous for being the first overtly anti-Lawrence biography. As one who falls resolutely in the pro-Lawrence camp (having read Seven Pillars, Revolt in the Desert, Jeremy Wilson's authorized bio and several other works), I decided, in the interest of fairness, to give Aldington a try.If Aldington's book has any relevance or importance, it's in providing something of a corrective to the. Brave revisionism I suppose I understand the scorn with which this book is often regarded. Largely because of the legend-creating work work of Lowell Thomas, who knew a headline when he saw it, Lawrence was seen as the one true, unsullied hero of the First World War and Aldington was a scurrilous antidote to that.Yet much of what Aldington said is now known to be fact. Lawrence was illegitimate and illegitimacy had a stigma to it in those days, certainly to a young man with chivalric concepts. He was severely disciplined by his mother, to which has father was often passive - sound familiar?Did Lawrence embroider his role in t. Very important book ruth This book is still one of the most interesting biographies about Lawrence.Aldington was the first person who had the courage to destroy some myths about "Lawrence of Arabia".But we shouldn't forget that this book was published 50 years ago,when many important documents about Lawrence weren't available for Lawrence-bioghraphers.Nowadays all serious historians agree that Lawrence played an important role in the arab revolt and that his book "the seven pillars of wisdom"is an historical document not a fairy tale.Lawrence was much more than a neurotic liar.I highly recommend Jeremy Wilson's Lawrence-biography an