Meinertzhagen's Diary Ruse: False Entries on T.E. Lawrence - Hardcover

Lockman J. N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0964889706 ISBN 13: 9780964889705

Publisher: Falcon Books, 1995

Synopsis

8vo. xiii, 114 pp, list of 4 b&w illustrations, preface, acknowledgments, I. Introduction; II. The Rafa Engry; III. The Paris Entries; IV. Later Entries; V. Conclusion; Appendix: Middle East Diary entry of December 10, 1917; Introduction to the Notes; permission to quote, index, bibliography with laid-in publisher's extract. First Edition, 1995. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. ``The present book exposes a malicious forgery perpetrated by one Colonel Richard Meinerzhagen, British soldier, big game hunter, intelligence chief, ornithologist, Zionist, and coleague of Lawrence's, who was also a master forger. Although perpetrated by this detractor, the pseudo diary entries were unfortunately quoted by an astonishing number of Lawrence scholars over the years. The entries are largely of a critical nature and contain some of the most serious allegations of misconduct ever levelled against Lawrence. This book proves them, by was of both textual analysis and physical evidence, to have

Edition details

• Publisher: Falcon Books
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0964889706
• ISBN 13: 9780964889705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 127