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This price drop is probably only for a few more hours, since I've been slammed, and didn't have time to check earlier. Lawrence of Arabia by Ranulph Fiennes is £1.99 in the UK as a Kindle Daily Deal, and matched at Kobo UK.

I've always had a bit of a thing for Lawrence after listening to Al Stewart introduce his song, League of Notions, in which Lawrence features prominently (see below), at a live concert, like only Al Stewart can.

The relevant part of the lyrics:

Lawrence of Arabia is waiting in the wings
He's got some Arab sheikhs and kings
And we're in debt to them somehow
Lawrence of Arabia has got this perfect vision
Gonna sell him down the river
There's no time for him now

So I'm happy to notice this biography on sale, especially since it's pretty new, and pretty expensive normally. So if you happen to notice this in the next couple of hours, and are interested, here you go...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09RSC7ZBY
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/law...abia-biography

Spoiler:

Thomas Edward Lawrence first set foot on the hot sands of Arabia in 1909.

By 1918 there was a £20,000 price on his head.

His journey to this point has long been legend. From his first postings as archaeologist, liaison and map officer, to fighting alongside guerrilla forces during the Arab Revolt. Journeying more than 300 miles through blistering heat to capture Aqaba, to his involvement in peace conferences that decided the future of the Middle East. Lawrence gave over his life the Middle East and its people.

A legend in his own lifetime, Lawrence's epic story has always been ripe for the retelling - but Ranulph Fiennes is no ordinary biographer . . . Having led Arab troops into battle on the Arabian peninsula in a war fought only fifty years later. Fiennes too discovered the wonders of these far-flung lands and the people who live there, and is one of very few who can claim a true insight into the kind of life that Lawrence lived - bold and adventurous to the end.

With detailed access to records and an in-depth knowledge, Lawrence of Arabia is at long last a true and full account of this mysterious adventurer who captivated the world.