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The Brothers Powys Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Year: 1983 Charles Powys’s eleven children form one of the most remarkable literary families of mordern times. Three of the family have won enduring fame: John Cowpoer Powys, author of A Glastonbury Romance; Theodore Francis Powys, author of Mr. Weston’s Good Wine; and Llewelyn Powys, author of…

Lawrence of Arabia and His World Publisher: Thames & Hudson Year: 1976 In October 1917 Great Britain had been at war with Germany for three years; as part of that war she had encouraged and supported an Arab Revolt against Germany’s ally Turkey. A young Englishman, Thomas Edward Lawrence, was blowing up Turkish trains on…