Hero

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Michael Korda's Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination known the world over as ' Lawrence of Arabia. An Oxford Scholar & archaeologist T.E. Lawrence was sent to Cairo as an intelligence officer in 1916 & vanished into the desert in 1917. He united & led the Arab tribes to defeat the Turks & eventually capture Damascus an adventure he recorded in the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A born leader utterly fearless & seemingly impervious to pain & danger he remained modest & retiring. Farsighted diplomat brilliant military strategist the first media celebrity & acclaimed writer Lawrence was a visionary whose achievements transcended his time: had his vision for the modern Middle East been carried through the hatred & bloodshed that have since plagued the region might have prevented. The democratic reforms he would have implemented as British High Commissioner of Egypt are those the Egyptians are now demanding 91 years later. Ultimately as this magisterial work demonstrates Lawrence remains the paradigm of the hero in modern times.