Dated but Excellent...

Where does Lawrence and the Arabs rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This work ranks near the top of the audiobooks I have listened too this year.

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My review at Goodreads: Although somewhat dated, a very enjoyable biography of T.E. Lawrence and his work with the Arabs. I coming to believe if those dividing up the spoils of World War I had listened to Lawrence many of the issues we face today in the world would have come to a head sooner and be done with. Overall excellent work for 1920's...

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Great in every way.

More than a biography - a look at a special (not sure I would call him great) human being and an interesting time and place.

LOA is one of my favorite movies, but Graves adds so much depth and insight

Highly recommend

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An Extraordinary Complex Man

Written by a friend of Lawrence of Arabia who was also a complex educated man who was a prolific author. Has many interesting tales of Lawrence of Arabia.

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Lawrence and the Adabs

I could not take it anymore. I had to stop in Chapter 3. It was just one big run on sentence. It was basically a list of character traits. Horribly boring!

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Fascinating

Never a dull moment. Valuable to have a map at hand, though. Reader strikes the perfect tone.

A fascinating account of a remarkable man’s life during wartime

While long on detail of accounts of various battles against foes on both sides of the lines of battle, the details are there to reveal T.E. Lawrence’s very complex character through his actions and interactions. If you want to know the man, study what he does.

Secondarily it goes a long way towards explaining the roots of the conflicts that have gripped the Middle East for the past century.

But more than that, Robert Graves is a wonderful, drily witty writer and story teller. If you have read and enjoyed his novels “I, Claudius” and “Claudius The God”, you’ll enjoy “Lawrence and The Arabs”.

Unbelievable!

Simply unbelievable. The most amazing epic of our time. The excellent narration is accurate and personal. I am going to have to listen to it again.

Great book; performance less so

See headline. The reader flattens/banalizes Graves's nuanced insider account with an ill judged impersonation of an early 20th century upper class English accent drained of all affect that soon becomes monotonous and irritating.

a more accessible version of the seven pillars

The foundation of modern Arabia and the influence of WWI and a person of honour.