T. E. Lawrence's instigation of the revolt of the Arabs against the ruling Turkish power is one of the most thrilling campaigns of the First Word War. It consists of lightning attacks, cunning sabotage, nigh-impossible journeys across deserts and remarkable victories; events which stand in stark contrast with the grim war of attrition that was being fought in the mud of the Western front.
First published in 1927, The Revolt in the Desert is an abridged version of Seven … mehrPillars of Wisdom, which was not published in a popular edition until after Lawrence's death in 1935. The Revolt sold 30,000 copies in the UK in the few weeks after publication, and 120,000 in the USA. weniger