YOUNG LAWRENCE: A PORTRAIT OF THE LEGEND AS A YOUNG MAN (US TITLE: THE YOUNG T.E. LAWRENCE)

Book ID/图书代码： 11701215B82170

English Summary/英文概要： T. E. Lawrence was one of the most charismatic characters of the First World War; a young archaeologist who fought with the Arabs and wrote an epic and very personal account of their revolt against the Turks in Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yet this was not the first book to carry that iconic title.

In 1914 the man who would become Lawrence of Arabia burnt the first Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a manuscript in which he described his adventures in the Middle East during the five years before the war.

Anthony Sattin uncovers the story Lawrence wanted to conceal: the truth of his birth, his tortuous relationship with a dominant mother, his deep affection for an Arab boy, the intimate details of the extraordinary journeys he took through the region with which his name is forever connected and the personal reasons that drove him from being a student to becoming an archaeologist and a spy.

Young Lawrence is the first book to focus on the story of T. E. Lawrence in his twenties, before the war, during the period he looked back on as his golden years. Using first-hand sources, museum records and Foreign Office documents, Sattin sets these adventures against the background of corrosive conflicts in Libya and the Balkans. He shows the simmering defiance of Arabs, Armenians and Kurds under Turkish domination, while uncovering the story of an exceptional young man searching for happiness, love and his place in the world until war changed his life forever.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 托马斯•爱德华•劳伦斯中校，也称“阿拉伯的劳伦斯”（Lawrence of Arabia）因在1916年至1918年的阿拉伯起义中作为英国联络官的角色而出名。许多阿拉伯人将他看成民间英雄，推动了他们从奥斯曼帝国和欧洲的统治中获得自由的理想。这部私密的传记首度聚焦于劳伦斯20多岁时的岁月，讲述了当年作为考古学家的他在第一次前往“东方”时便爱上了阿拉伯文化并发现了自己毕生的使命。鲜为人知的是，劳伦斯的经典自传《智慧的七柱》这一书名最初并非是其自传的书名。是劳伦斯自己烧毁了此书的原稿。作者在本书中揭开了劳伦斯企图掩盖的秘密：他的身世之谜、他与自己控制欲很强的母亲之间复杂痛苦的关系，他对一个阿拉伯男孩深深的迷恋以及驱使他从学生变为间谍的个人原因。本书基于现存的劳伦斯的密友的信件、日记和讲述，通过传记作者的视角讲述了劳伦斯的非凡之旅，记录了年轻的劳伦斯和他所珍爱的国家的成熟。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“T. E.劳伦斯一直是20世纪的最神秘的人物之一。本书通过细致的调查，描绘了其年轻时期的热情和受到的影响（而不仅仅是一些家族或私人秘辛），这一切都塑造了今后的‘阿拉伯的劳伦斯’。并且作者写得太好了，令人爱不释卷。对于希望了解这位现代传奇浪漫人物的发展历程的读者来说，本书不容错过。”（Scott Anderson，有关劳伦斯的著作的作者）

“Anthony Sattin非常善于捕捉好故事。大部分人都将重点聚焦于战争时期，而他则将焦点放在劳伦斯战前的岁月。作为一位旅行作家，他本次对劳伦斯这位先行者的描绘为研究劳伦斯的文献添上了宝贵的一笔。我非常欣赏这部作品。” （Jeremy Wilson，劳伦斯授权传记的作者）

“Sattin讲述了一个年轻人追寻梦想的动人故事。”（《观察家报》）

“看到劳伦斯后来鲜明的性格在其青年时期便显露无疑是非常有意思的。”（BBC历史）

“T. E. Lawrence has always been one of the most enigmatic figures of the twentieth century, but he becomes markedly less so here. Through meticulous research and crackling prose, Sattin charts the youthful passions and influences—and not a few family and personal secrets—that helped create the future Lawrence of Arabia, and he has done so in an account so well-written that it is hard to put down. An absolutely indispensable read for anyone hoping to understand the evolution of one of the most beguiling and romantic figures of the modern age.” (Scott Anderson, author of Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East)

“I enjoyed The Young T. E. Lawrence very much. On the subject of biography, Ulysses S. Grant once wrote that ’What I want to know is what a man did as a boy,’ i.e., ’the formative years,’ and while Lawrence is not a boy in Anthony Sattin’s splendid book, he clearly prefigures Lawrence of Arabia—a conscious striving toward becoming a hero, and a bold exploration not only of the Middle East but of himself.” (Michael Korda, author of Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia)

“Anthony Sattin knows a good story when he sees one. While most of Lawrence’s biographers focus heavily on the war period, Sattin has grasped the importance of the years Lawrence spent in the Middle East beforehand, essential preparation for what followed. As a travel writer enlarging on the writings of a forerunner, Sattin also often enriches Lawrence’s account. I thoroughly enjoyed the result.” (Jeremy Wilson, author of Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorised Biography of T. E. Lawrence)

About the Author/作者介绍： Anthony Sattin是一位获奖记者，著有多部知名历史及旅游图书。他在中东地区旅行了20多年，现在居住在伦敦。

Anthony Sattin is a journalist, broadcaster and the author of several highly acclaimed books of history and travel including The Gates of Africa, Lifting the Veil and A Winter on the Nile. He is editorial advisor on Geographical Magazine, a contributing editor to Condé Nast Traveller and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in London and the Middle East.

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