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Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918

6 best books like Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916-1918 (James Barr): The Campaigns of Alexander, The History of Alexander, Macarthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II, The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I, Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad (Updated), 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

The Campaigns of Alexander
AuthorArrian
ISBN0140442537
'His passion was for glory only, and in that he was insatiable'Although written over four hundred years after Alexander’s death, Arrian’s Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we have. Arrian’s own experience as a military commander gave him unique...
The History of Alexander
AuthorQuintus Curtius Rufus
ISBN0140444122
The essential history of Alexander the Great, compelling and brilliantly realized

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt, Syria, Persia and India, was perhaps the most successful conqueror the world has ever seen. Yet although no other individual...
Macarthur's Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II
AuthorPeter Eisner
ISBN0525429654

A thrilling story of espionage, daring and deception set in the exotic landscape of occupied Manila during World War II.
On January 2, 1942, Japanese troops marched into Manila unopposed by U.S. forces. Manila was a strategic port, a romantic American outpost and a jewel of a city. Tokyo saw...
The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
AuthorStephen Alford
ISBN1608190099
In a Europe aflame with wars of religion and dynastic conflicts, Elizabeth I came to the throne of a realm encircled by menace. To the great Catholic powers of France and Spain, England was a heretic pariah state, a canker to be cut away for the health of the greater body of Christendom. Elizabeth's government,...
Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad (Updated)
AuthorGordon Thomas
ISBN0312339135
Created in 1951 to ensure the future of an embattled Israel, the Mossad has been responsible for the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. Gordon Thomas's 1999 publication of Gideon's Spies, resulting from closed-door interviews...
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
AuthorEric H. Cline
ISBN0691140898
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the...
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