Advantages: A real-life adventure of the most poetic kind Disadvantages: Heavy going in places, a few doubts on strict authenticity
...reading his seminal work? Seven Pillars of Wisdom has been on my reading list for as long as I can remember. It slipped gradually as other romances and adventures intruded…it rose again during a visit to Cloudshill about five years ago, and this time it refused to go away. The insight into the man afforded by that small Dorset cottage nestled in the back of my brain and I knew that sooner or later I was going to have to attempt this mighty tome. ... ...evidence he himself presents in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, he came very close to doing both. That, however, is one crucial fact about this book. It is autobiographical. Lawrence’s own Appendix lists dates and places from his “skeleton” diary and he confesses that on occasion he has “preferred memory to the calendar”. Other authors considering the events have stated that experiments have shown that some of the more daring exploits are simply impossible ...
hiker 07.04.2005
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