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4/5 Narrative
2/5 Unbiased Story Telling
I think Leon Uris's story telling ability really shines bright in this one, but I found myself getting pulled out of the story from time to time by the not-so-subtle anti-arab and anti-british bias. For example:
"With Allenby's successful campaign, the long overdue, much-heralded, very costly, and highly overrated Arab revolt began. Faisal, son of the sherif of Mecca, brought in a few tribes from the desert when it was obvious that the turks were losing. With the Ottomans on their backs, the Arabs dropped their cloak of neutrality so that they could share in the comping spoils. Faisal's "rebels" made a good deal of noise and hacked up an unguarded rail line but never put it out of commission. Never once did the Arab "rebels" engage in a major or minor battle."
Pretty much the antithesis of the story told in Lawrence of Arabia (not that either story should be heralded for lack of historic bias).
2/5 Unbiased Story Telling
I think Leon Uris's story telling ability really shines bright in this one, but I found myself getting pulled out of the story from time to time by the not-so-subtle anti-arab and anti-british bias. For example:
"With Allenby's successful campaign, the long overdue, much-heralded, very costly, and highly overrated Arab revolt began. Faisal, son of the sherif of Mecca, brought in a few tribes from the desert when it was obvious that the turks were losing. With the Ottomans on their backs, the Arabs dropped their cloak of neutrality so that they could share in the comping spoils. Faisal's "rebels" made a good deal of noise and hacked up an unguarded rail line but never put it out of commission. Never once did the Arab "rebels" engage in a major or minor battle."
Pretty much the antithesis of the story told in Lawrence of Arabia (not that either story should be heralded for lack of historic bias).