A Prince of Our Disorder; the Life of T.E. Lawrence by Mack, John E - 1998

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy of the paperback edition. Possibly the best of the biographies of TE Lawrence and one that all students of the subject should read. John Mack explores the relationship between Lawrence's inner life and his historically significant actions. Interviews, correspondence, access to War Office dispatches and unpublished letters provide the basis for Mack's investigation of the psychological dimensions of Lawrence's personality. In addition, Mack examines the history, politics, and sociology of the time in order to weigh the real forces with which Lawrence contended and which impinged upon him..