Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918 by Barr, James - 2008

W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout the text. In this groundbreaking book, James Barr tells the full story of the revolt led legendary by T. E. Lawrence in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Drawing on research on the ground in the Middle East, and in the key libraries and archives of Britain and France, he recast the revolt as the international drama it really was. Into a story previously dominated by Lawrence now bursts a wide range of characters, including the Prime Minister Lloyd George, whose desire to capture "Jerusalem by Christmas" fuelled the flames, Sharif Husein and his malleable younger son Feisal, who became Lawrence's comrade in arms, the devious English diplomat Ronald Storrs, and Sir Mark Sykes and Francois Picot, joint architects of the Anglo-French agreement which dashed Arab hopes with consequences that are still being felt today." -- front fold over blurb Of the English edition no damage to describe, clean and sound. suitable condition for giftgiving. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVI, 382 pages include notes & bibliography & index.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout the text.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biographies & Memoirs; Leaders & Notable People; Military; Middle East; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0393060403. ISBN/EAN: 9780393060409. Library of Congress No: 2007039274. Inventory No: 0262625. . 9780393060409