Monday, October 6, 2025

Lawrence and the Arabs, by Robert Graves

Title: Lawrence and the Arabs 
Author: Robert Graves 
Borrowed from Fairfax County Public Library Audiobook 
Started: 9/25/2025
Finished: 10/6/2025

Traveled to Jordan this year and many of the sites we visited had historical markers for, or shrine to, Lawrence of Arabia.   

I barely recalled the movie having seen it once in college and have never read books by or about Lawrence.  But I recalled when looking for more books by Robert Graves after devouring I, Claudius that he had written a book.  

So this is that book and I realize now I made a mistake in reading this one first, I should have started with Lawrence's own 7 Pillars which I'm reading now.  

Graves book is pretty dry and non-critical.   Not the work I was expecting based off his later writings. 

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