tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post7628803817039348111..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East Reviewed by Anne Steelesnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-60231852220168279882014-01-01T16:50:41.759-08:002014-01-01T16:50:41.759-08:00Mike
Re the photo - its true that the wiki jpg f...Mike <br />Re the photo - its true that the wiki jpg file is labelled as you say, but if you scroll down the page, it shows an enlargement of Deedes, and he is labelled as the man in uniform on the right. A minor point of course. <br />I wonder who is the man behind Salmond's left shoulder, in British-style uniform but wearing a fez? Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-79919491574243847992013-12-31T09:57:56.726-08:002013-12-31T09:57:56.726-08:00Hi Adrian,
If you go to the source page on WikiCo...Hi Adrian,<br /><br />If you go to the source page on WikiCommons for that image<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samuelarrival.jpg<br /><br />The caption agrees with what we are showing:<br />Col. Lawrence, Emir Abdullah, Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and Sir Wyndham Deedes<br /><br />Frankly, I don't know which is correct. By I think we should stay with it as unless there's Mike Hanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582949131010625505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-78845424260741821772013-12-31T09:26:23.196-08:002013-12-31T09:26:23.196-08:00The Lawrence story continues to fascinate us, does...The Lawrence story continues to fascinate us, doesn't it? Everyone my age saw the movie starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif so we thought that we knew the whole story. I even read a book about Lawrence when I was in grade school. But there was so much more, and it comes out in little bits but in a pretty steady stream.<br />Last year I read an entry in 'Durbar' ( the journal ofAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-54913973468276807742013-12-30T16:31:57.954-08:002013-12-30T16:31:57.954-08:00There is some confusion about the people in the ph...There is some confusion about the people in the photograph. See the Wikipedia article on Sir Wyndham Deedes (a most interesting man). Then a Brigadier-General, he is the officer in uniform at the far right. The civilian in the smart suit second from right is Sir Herbert Samuel, just appointed High Commissioner for Palestine (i.e. he is in the photo, they are not waiting for him). This Adrian Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-13307838127316126332013-12-30T15:52:23.175-08:002013-12-30T15:52:23.175-08:00Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Wond...Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Wonderful review and I'm sure a wonderful history.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824965711691789876noreply@blogger.com