The Mint
Lawrence after Arabia
Published on 18. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-83860-001-3 (ISBN)
Description
Lawrence's own account of his experience after the Arab Revolt - when he joined the RAF under a new name.
In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though methodical and restrictive, life there seemed to suit Lawrence:
'The Air Force is not a man-crushing humiliating slavery, all its days. There is sun and decent treatment, and a very real measure of happiness, to those who do not look forward or back.'
With poetic clarity, Lawrence brings to life the harsh realities of barracks life and illuminates the strange twilight world he had slipped into after his war experiences. For anyone interested in the life of one of the 20th century's most enduring heroes and his life beyond the well-documented Arab revolt, The Mint is essential and compelling reading.
In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.E. Lawrence enlisted in the RAF under the assumed name John Hume Ross. Though methodical and restrictive, life there seemed to suit Lawrence:
'The Air Force is not a man-crushing humiliating slavery, all its days. There is sun and decent treatment, and a very real measure of happiness, to those who do not look forward or back.'
With poetic clarity, Lawrence brings to life the harsh realities of barracks life and illuminates the strange twilight world he had slipped into after his war experiences. For anyone interested in the life of one of the 20th century's most enduring heroes and his life beyond the well-documented Arab revolt, The Mint is essential and compelling reading.
Reviews / Votes
A severely chiselled picture of barrack life: Joycean in style, sometimes brilliant in evocation, structured as a series of set-pieces, showing a decided advance in control over Seven Pillars of Wisdom. -- Irving Howe The Mint, written in a very different style to Seven Pillars of Wisdom, is, like Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, a work of observation written by a highly intelligent man who found himself effectively imprisoned. Lawrence distilled its spare descriptions from events that he had witnessed over and over again. -- Jeremy WilsonMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
196 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83860-001-3 (9781838600013)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
08/2016
Barbara Ward & Associates
€32.37
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Persons
Thomas Edward Lawrence was born in 1888. Educated at Oxford, he was later made a research fellow of All Souls College. During the First World War he was attached to the Hejaz Expeditionary Force and later transferred to General Allenby s staff. In 1921 he became Advisor on Arab Affairs in the Colonial Office. In 1927, uncomfortable with his 'Lawrence of Arabia' legend, Lawrence joined the RAF. He was killed in a motorbike accident in 1935 at the age of 47. Author of the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom and its abridged version, Revolt in the Desert, Lawrence also wrote a prose translation of Homer's Odyssey.
Content
Introduction to the New Edition by Anthony Sattin
Note by A. W. Lawrence to the First Edition
Part 1: The Raw Material
Part 2: In the Mill
Part 3: Service
Note by A. W. Lawrence to the First Edition
Part 1: The Raw Material
Part 2: In the Mill
Part 3: Service