James Mcconnachie

Lawrence of Arabia, meet Curt of Cairo

A review of Lawrence of Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, by Scott Anderson. Increasing the cast list of T.E. Lawrence's story doesn't add to the interest

Portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Augustus John

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