Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia Paperback - 2011
by Korda, Michael
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Korda's "Hero" is the story of an epic life on a grand scale: a revealing, in-depth, and gripping biography of the extraordinary, mysterious, and dynamic Englishman whose daring exploits and romantic profile--including his blond, sun-burnished good looks and flowing white robes--made him an object of intense fascination, still famous the world over as "Lawrence of Arabia."
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- Title Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
- Author Korda, Michael
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 800
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2011-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 581QQC0009ES_ns
- ISBN 9780061712623 / 0061712620
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 1.3 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain, World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Middle
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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The story of an epic life on a grand scale, Michael Korda's Hero is a gripping, in-depth biography of the extraordinary, mysterious, and dynamic Englishman still famous the world over as "Lawrence of Arabia." An Oxford scholar and archaeologist sent to Cairo as a young intelligence officer in 1916, Lawrence was a born leader, utterly fearless and seemingly impervious to pain and fatigue. A bold and ruthless warrior, he was the virtual inventor of modern insurgency and guerrilla warfare; a writer of genius who alternately sought and fled the limelight. Korda digs deeper than anyone before him to expose the flesh-and-blood man and his contradictory nature--farsighted visionary; diplomat and kingmaker; shy, sensitive, and private man; genius military strategist; arguably the first modern "media celebrity" . . . and one of its first victims. Hero is the magisterial story of one of the most unique and fascinating figures of modern times--the arch-hero whose life was, at once, a triumph and a sacrifice.
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- New York Times Book Review, 12/04/2011, Page 72