Lawrence of Arabia became a legend in his own lifetime. This is the biography which destroyed the legen. If only part of Richard Aldington's ruthless indictment is endorsed by posterity, then not only the gulible public but many eminent individuals, such as Winston Churchill and Robert Graves, 'will be made to appear fools, hypocrites or partners in fraud'. In this edition Christopher Sykes's balanced introduction brings the debate up to date.
