Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. In the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence wrote: Where did I find this intriguing bit of history? In a blog called Untold Lives, which is part of the British Library, one of the most extraordinary research facilities in the world, where you can often find my friend, and this week’s featured author, William Kuhn. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) may have been there in the late 1920s, possibly working behind the scenes to bring down King Amanullah. I was reading the other day about Englishmen on secret missions in Afghanistan, and to my surprise, T.
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