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Sterling Point Books®: Lawrence of Arabia Paperback – August 28, 2006

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Product Details

  • Age Range: 12 and up
  • Grade Level: 7 and up
  • Lexile Measure: 1130L (What's this?)
  • Series: Sterling Point Books®
  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Sterling; Updated Ed edition (August 28, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1402736134
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402736131
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,907,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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By Lynn Ellingwood VINE VOICE on November 12, 2008
Format: Paperback
This book is intended for youth and is very well written and interesting. It is a reprint of Alstair Maclean's 1962 book, All About Lawrence of Arabia. I think many people have forgotten Alstair Maclean who was a best selling author in the manner of Tom Clancy in the 60s and 70s. He was very popular and wrote thrillers. Because of the interest of Lawrence of Arabia when the movie came out, he wrote this book for youth and adults alike. The writing style is a bit different than most writers write today but that is not a bad thing, in fact it is refreshing. Maclean covers the important incidents in Lawrence's life during his time in Arabia and how he was able to drive the Arabs to defeat the Turks and make a powerful claim to self governance at a time when Britain and France were planning to divvy up the spoils themselves. Shame on them! Lawrence is a hero for everyone and did the right thing when he could have easily led the Arabs from one colonizer to another. Great book.
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I bought this book for my ten year old son who is currently devouring all things military. As a student of history and a parent, I appreciated that the author skipped over some details of Lawrence's career and instead focused on the adventure. A good introduction to a fascinating character and time period without the details that make parents shudder. Highly recommended!
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Blue notes over Azraq*

"In the evening when we had shut-to the gate, all guests would assemble … and coffee and stories would go round until the last meal, and after it, till sleep came. On stormy nights, we brought in brushwood and dung and lit a great fire in the middle of the floor. About it would be drawn the carpets and saddle-sheepskins, and in its light we would tell over our own battles, or hear the visitors’ traditions. The leaping flames chased our smoke-ruffled shadows strangely about the rough stone wall behind us, distorting them over the hollows and projections of its broken face."
T.E. Lawrence: Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Traveling through Jordan it is impossible to avoid 'the great' T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia).
I met him personally in Azraq where Qasr Azraq, a fortress dating from Roman times is also known as 'Lawrence Castle'.

"The Bedouins and their injured leader made their way slowly and wearily back to Azrak (Azraq), which Lawrence had chosen for his winter headquarters."
(Alistair MacLean – Lawrence of Arabia)

On my warm dusty biking trip through this part of North-East Jordan I could not imagine why Lawrence chose this spot. But staying at the Azraq Lodge I learned that until the last century this was one large green oases. And that is exactly the way Lawrence describes it:

"We hurried up the stony ridge in high excitement, talking of the wars and songs and passions of the early shepherd kings, with names like music, who had loved this place; and of the Roman legionaries who languished here as garrison in yet earlier times. Then the blue fort on its rock above the rustling palms, with the fresh meadows and shining springs of water, broke on our sight."
T.E.
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Great classic; good condition; good price; fast delivery. Thank you.
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When I purchased the book I did not not notice there was a tag that said children's book (actually it was young readers). I guess that is why the text was big. It was straight narrative, with no character or plot development like the novels I'm used to. It was kind of like reading a newspaper article about Lawrence of Arabia. This is such a great subject and story, to bad I chose this book. On the positive side it might be the perfect book for a beginning reader, because it is not lengthy.
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