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Empire of Sand: A Novel Based on the Life of T. E. Lawrence
Empire of Sand: A Novel Based on the Life of T. E. Lawrence
Empire of Sand: A Novel Based on the Life of T. E. Lawrence
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Empire of Sand: A Novel Based on the Life of T. E. Lawrence

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The legendary exploits of Lawrence of Arabia are the starting point for this captivating World War I suspense novel
As the future of Europe is being decided in the muddy trenches of the Western Front, Lieutenant Thomas Edward Lawrence is thousands of miles away, toiling in the map room of the British Army’s general headquarters in Cairo. But the young intelligence officer has big ideas—none bigger than his vision of a unified Arabia free of its Ottoman rulers.
Before T. E. Lawrence can become Lawrence of Arabia, however, he must first contend with the notorious German spy Wilhelm Wassmuss. Local tribes are capturing British soldiers at the German’s behest, and the War Office has sent an assassin to take care of the problem once and for all. It is Lawrence’s job to get Captain Quinn within range of his target, a task made all the more difficult by Wassmuss’s deep knowledge of the desert and its people. In matching wits with a sinister European nemesis, Lawrence starts down a path that will change the face of the Middle East forever.

Empire of Sand is the 1st book in the Great British Heroes and Antiheroes Trilogy, which also includes Death on the Ice and Signal Red.
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Release dateMar 25, 2014
ISBN9781480477650
Empire of Sand: A Novel Based on the Life of T. E. Lawrence
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Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan is an author, journalist and screenwriter who regularly contributes to GQ and the Sunday Times where he was Deputy Travel Editor for seven years. Ryan is currently working on his next novel and a variety of television projects. Find out more at RobTRyan.com and follow him on Twitter @robtryan.

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    “All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”T.E LawrenceIt is 1915 the First World War raging in Europe, events are also progressing in the Middle East. In Cairo, T.E Lawrence is serving as a British Intelligence Officer who believes that the only way to beat the German supported Turks in Persia is for the Arab tribes to unite and revolt against them. On the opposing side, a German field agent has been stirring up Arab tribes to fight against British rule in Egypt, although these are doing so generally for far less altruistic reasons, and to this end have taken a number of British citizens hostage. Previous rescue attempts have failed so an exchange is agreed upon.In many respects this is a fairly standard war story, but it is the character of T. E. Lawrence, who subsequently became better known as Lawrence of Arabia that is the real point of interest.Much of the early parts show what motivated Lawrence to become as involved in the Arab revolt as he did, he was initially at least primarily a back room officer as opposed to a front line one. This background then means that it takes quite a while before he finally goes into the desert on an active mission. This unfortunately meant that the book felt a little disjointed and the final action part of the story never really heals this rift. On top of which both the prologue and the epilogue which takes place some two years after the events feel pretty superfluous. It meant that it was at times rather difficult which to work out which parts of the story were real and which were fiction as there is little doubt that many of the events are purely the result of the author's imagination. However, once I settled back forgot the real life persona's and read it as a pure adventure story I rather enjoyed it. But it had the potential at least to be so much better IMHO.

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