Seven pillars of wisdom : A triumph. By lawrence of Arabia. New York, 1936. Portraits, maps, illustrations. Autobiographical book. - Seven pillars of wisdom : A triumph - By Thomas Edward Lawrence. New York : Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., 1936. 672 pp. Hardcover. 26 cm., slightly yellowing leaves, few aging stains, rubbings on cover, slight damages on spine's edges.  ”Privately printed, 1926; first published for general circulation, 1935”. Portraits, maps, illustrations. The book is T. E. Lawrence’s autobiographical account of his role as a British military liaison officer during the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) against the Ottoman Empire in World War I. The book chronicles his tactical orchestration of guerrilla warfare, details how he united rival Bedouin tribes into a cohesive fighting force under Emir Faisal, and tracks major military campaigns like the capture of Aqaba and the fall of Damascus. Beneath the historical and strategic military narrative, the memoir is a deeply personal exploration of Lawrence's psychological turmoil and profound guilt, as he felt he was deceiving the Arab people by leading them to fight for an independence that British and French colonial powers secretly planned to deny them. Good General Condition.