T. E. LAWRENCE - A Biography by Yardley, Michael - 1987

New York: Stein and Day - Publishers, 1987. 267 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on beige boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Dustjacket portrait of Lawrence by Tim Gaydos. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The life of Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, has assumed mythic proportions. A popular hero for his role in the 1916 Arab rebellion against Turkish rule, he has been called everything from a sensitive genius to a total fraud. The Contents are: Preface; Childhood; Oxford; Carchemish; The War Begins; Cairo and Kut; Intelligence Analyst; Field Officer; An Irregular War; The Strain Shows; Convention; The Battle for Damascus; In Support of Feisal; The Peace Conference; Interlude; Politics and Literature; Farewell to Politics; Aircraftman Ross and Trooper Shaw; Life on the North-West Frontier; The Last Years; and The Legend Persists; followed by: Aftermath: The Lawrence Industry; and an index. The film about Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, was made in 1962, directed by David Lean and starring Peter O'Toole as Lawrence, along with Omar Sharif, Alex Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, and a host of others, including George Plimpton as an uncredited Bedouin and David Lean himself as an uncredited motorcycle rider.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Tim Gaydos;. 8vo. Book.