Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence

Not for the faint of heart of Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TELawrence course, for serious readers of history and TE Lawrence, who is, as Peter O'Toole played is known, is also known to cinema lovers. But the book was wonderful and humbling experience for me. I tried to read it as a young man, but without success. This time, gritted my teeth, I opened the first page and I was immediately involved in thought and style.

For the caseYears I had changed. Here is a book to delight, to teach how to communicate. It did not disappoint. The introductory rate offered a clue. What followed, I gathered all :..." For years we have lived together in some way in the desert, naked, under the indifferent heaven. The day the hot sun fermented us and we were dizzy from the beating wind. Overnight There were those dew pettiness and shame in the silence of the countless stars ... "

At the end of the first section, my futureReading for the next eight weeks, is described. Lawrence describes the desert to the smallest detail, so that it falls on the differences in the occurrence of sand, rocks, water, sunset, dew, rain, wind, hills and valleys to learn. You know the camels, their loyalty and their ability to cope with the worst conditions.

In Book IX, talks about Ghazala, one of his favorite themes camels, Lawrence describes the incident, shortly after his coltdied ... "Abdullah had skinned the carcass and brought the little fur 'behind his saddle ... We started well but after an hour, Ghazala raised his head and began to walk without stopping ... I tried to push it, but Abdullah dashed ... next to me jumped out of the saddle of veal in his hand. him with a hint of gravel in front of Ghazala, who had come to a halt, lit softly moaning. On the ground in front of her that develops and pulled the little hide head out. She stopped crying, shuffled theDryness three times with his lips, then raised his head and strode forward with a groan ... "

The reader learns about the war, the Arabs from the domain turkish, free, join the efforts of many tribes under a single leader, Faisal, the difficulties in coordinating military and civilian groups. And basically we have the human capacity to resist miracles, despite the pain, failure, famine, disease and despair.

A similar incident is described in Book V, where despair isNeed of care and assistance. Four times he tried to his superiors British at Suez, and is denied again and again ... "I'm sorry that was not their job ... you were sad, but had no free boats .... again .... I have you interrupted me ..." In this case, he persisted and was finally successful.

Memory is his reward. Side to side fills you with wonder. He describes his friendship with Auda, "the greatest fighting man in northern Arabia," the parties, thein this amazing carpet fitted curtains and started campaigns, his perception of the effects of the war to all those he met, including himself, and the careful planning of each campaign.

But it is the introspective side of his nature that I found disturbing. It is self-doubt, a terrible sense of futility plagued by everything. Underlying all these efforts, all the success, failure, courage, monumental heights that mencan reach, it is essential sadness and helplessness, TE Lawrence.

The final chapter describes the conquest of Damascus, has offered exciting side by side. E 'was difficult to put down the book. Having praised this book is for me to say that the only way to see how I could have should have a map beside me. The small map in the book are useful, provided you keep it checked, or the page number in memory, not hard to do when you realize how necessary thisit is not. As with his drawings are a treasure. He was a man of many parts, as the saying goes. I can not wait to read it again