Dreaming of Samarkand
by Martin Booth | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0099635100 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0099635100 Global Overview for this book
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In the years leading up to the First World War James Elroy Flecker - poet, essayist and consular officer - is posted to Beirut. Suffering from TB and boredom, he yearns for literary fame and exotic adventure. His opportunity comes when he meets T E Lawrence with whom he falls in love.
As the world moves inexorably towards war, this relationship between the half-Jewish Flecker and the romantic, ascetic Lawrence, smitten by Arabia, changes........
As the world moves inexorably towards war, this relationship between the half-Jewish Flecker and the romantic, ascetic Lawrence, smitten by Arabia, changes........
