{"product_id":"lawrence-and-the-arabs-isbn-9781609808204","title":"Lawrence and the Arabs","description":"Beginning his life-long affair with the Middle East, T. E. Lawrence—Lawrence of Arabia—made his first journey to the region, a four-month walking tour of Syria studying the Crusaders’ castles, while still a student at Oxford. He later returned to the area as an archeologist and at the outbreak of World War I was attached to British army intelligence in Egypt. In 1916 he set out on his greatest adventure. With no backing, Lawrence joined Arab forces facing almost insurmountable odds in a rebellion against Turkish domination. His brilliance as a desert war strategist made him a hero among the Arabs, a legendary figure throughout the world, and earned him the moniker Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence, though, had a near-pathological dislike of publicity and, at the time Graves began writing this book, had begun a life of self-imposed obscurity as T. E. Shaw, an anonymous soldier in the RAF.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1927, Robert Graves’s biography remains a unique study of T. E. Lawrence. As a close friend (Lawrence had earlier saved the aspiring poet from bankruptcy), Graves was the only biographer to write with Lawrence’s permission and cooperation, enabling Graves to bring to \u003ci\u003eLawrence and the Arabs \u003c\/i\u003ethe precision and insight that was necessary to separate the man from the myth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeven Stories’ Robert Graves Project spans fourteen titles, and includes fiction and nonfiction, adult, young adult, and children’s books, in a striking new uniform design, with new introductions and afterwords. \u003ci\u003eLawrence and the Arabs \u003c\/i\u003ejoins our recent republication of \u003ci\u003eThe Reader Over Your Shoulder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnn at Highwood Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Fleece\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThey Hanged My Saintly Billy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHomer’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e. Among the works still to come are \u003ci\u003eCount Belisarius\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHebrew Myths\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWife to Mr. Milton\u003c\/i\u003e. The online partner for the Robert Graves Project is RosettaBooks.“Brilliant and provocative.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A combination of history, biography, and . . . an amazingly human tale.” —\u003ci\u003eBoston Evening Transcript\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Interesting and informative.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Mr. Graves] has done his job admirably and without any too obvious excesses of hero worship.” —\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Readers] will consult Mr. Graves for information about this man.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003eROBERT GRAVES (1895–1985) was a preeminent English poet, novelist, critic, translator, and scholar of classical mythology. He served in World War I—an experience recounted in his 1929 autobiography, \u003ci\u003eGood-Bye to All That\u003c\/i\u003e—and later became the first professor of English literature at the University of Cairo. Best remembered today for his acclaimed historical novels about the Roman emperor Claudius, \u003ci\u003eI, Claudius\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eClaudius the God\u003c\/i\u003e, his other books include \u003ci\u003eThe White Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hebrew Myths\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormer newspaper reporter DALE MAHARIDGE (Intro) is a professor of journalism at Columbia University. His books include \u003ci\u003eAnd Their Children After Them\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHomeland\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael Williamson), and \u003ci\u003eBringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302220615909,"sku":"NP9781609808204","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781609808204.jpg?v=1767731201","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/lawrence-and-the-arabs-isbn-9781609808204","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}