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Lawrence of Arabia's Clouds Hill

Andrew Norman

出版	Halsgrove, 2019-08-19
主題	Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN	08570424759780857042477
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XCuGoAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

When T.E. Lawrence joined the Royal Tank Corps at Bovington in Dorset in spring1923, he was a disillusioned and damaged individual and anxious to discard hisprevious persona of `Lawrence of Arabia¿. By chance, he came across a formerwoodman¿s cottage, then in disrepair, and set about making it a home. At first heregarded `Clouds Hill¿ merely as a pied-¿ -terre, but subsequently described it as`an earthly paradise¿.It was here that he slowly recovered his health and strength (though hisrecovery was not without incident), made enduring friendships with Thomas andFlorence Hardy, fellow `tankies¿ from Bovington, and artists and men of letterswho travelled to Dorset to seek him out. At Clouds Hill he recaptured the joy ofliving, established his library of books, listened to the music of Sir Edward Elgaron his gramophone, and sped along the lanes on his now famous motorcycle`Boanerges¿, until the day on which he made his last, fateful journey.Andrew Norman explores the personality of this endlessly fascinatingfigure ¿ a giant of history yet a significantly flawed man ¿ and the impact thatthis peaceful corner of England had on his unquiet soul.