{"product_id":"books-lawrence-in-arabia-by-scott-anderson","title":"Lawrence in Arabia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003cbr\u003eNPR\u003cbr\u003eThe Seattle Times \u003cbr\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch \u003cbr\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arab Revolt against the Turks in World War I was, in the words of T. E. Lawrence, a sideshow of a sideshow. As a result, the conflict was shaped to a remarkable degree by a small handful of adventurers and low-level officers far removed from the corridors of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of it all was Lawrence himself. In early 1914 he was an archaeologist excavating ruins in Syria; by 1917 he was riding into legend at the head of an Arab army as he fought a rearguard action against his own government and its imperial ambitions. Based on four years of intensive primary document research, \u003ci\u003eLawrence in Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e definitively overturns received wisdom on how the modern Middle East was formed.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53671884783889,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780385532921.jpg?v=1781517621","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-lawrence-in-arabia-by-scott-anderson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}