The Mint: Lawrence after Arabia

by T. E. Lawrence, Andrew Sattin (Introduction), Anthony Sattin (Introduction)

Overview

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 & 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838600013
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	09/17/2019
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.41(w) x 7.96(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

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 Wilson

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