'This magnificent, monumental portrait at a stroke makes all others
redundant, and re-establishes Lawrence as one of the most
extraordinary figures of the 20th century' Sunday Times Michael
Korda' s Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious Englishman
whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination,
known the world over as Lawrence of Arabia. An Oxford Scholar and
archaeologist, one of five illegitimate sons of a British
aristocrat who ran away with his daughters' governess, T.E.
Lawrence was sent to Cairo as an intelligence officer in 1916,
vanished into the desert in 1917, and re-emerged as one of the most
remarkable and controversial figures of the First World War. He
united and led the Arab tribes to defeat the Turks and eventually
capture Damascus, an adventure he recorded in the classic Seven
Pillars of Wisdom. A born leader, utterly fearless and seemingly
impervious to pain and danger, he remained modest, and retiring.
Farsighted diplomat, brilliant military strategist, the first media
celebrity, and acclaimed writer, Lawrence was a visionary whose
achievements transcended his time: had his vision for the modern
Middle East been carried through, the hatred and bloodshed that
have since plagued the region might have prevented. The democratic
reforms he would have implemented as British High Commissioner of
Egypt, are those the Egyptians are now demanding, 91 years later.
Ultimately, as this magisterial work demonstrates, Lawrence remains
the paradigm of the hero in modern times.
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