Revolt in the Desert
T. E. Lawrence
Hardcover
(Folio Society, March 15, 2007)
Revolt in the Desert is an abridged edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- 120,000 words out of 280,000. Revolt in the Desert was turned more into a straight narrative rather than a 'comprehensive anthology of echoes', as Lawrence called Seven Pillars, with its 'wild map of side-scenes and side-issues'. All the same, we get a vivid impression of what Winston Churchill called 'those long grim camel rides through sun-scorched blasted lands'. First published by The Folio Society in 1986. Sketch maps to show Lawrence's desert campaigns inside both covers.