T. E. Lawrence

Adventurer, soldier, and scholar, T.E. Lawrence made his mark as "Lawrence of Arabia." When the British intelligence officer joined the Arabs' fight for independence from Turkish domination, Lawrence embarked on a struggle that secured his status as a fixture of popular culture. T.E. Lawrence wrote two autobiographies, Seven Pillars of Wisdom and The Mint. Lawrence recounted the details of his dramatic life in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, offering his perspective on his Arabian exploits, and The Mint contains his later experiences serving under an assumed name as a Royal Air Force recruit. In this study, Stephen Tabachnick offers a distinct view of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and The Mint. He subjects these autobiographies to a formal literary analysis, exploring Lawrence's life in his books, how he appears in them as a character, and how successful as art his characterization is. --From publisher's description.