CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I A Modern Arabian Knight 3 II In Search of a Lost Civilization . 11 Ill The Archaeologist Turned Soldier . 33 IV The Cult of the Blood of Mohammed 47 V The Fall of Jeddah and Mecca . 58 VI The Gathering of the Desert Tribes 77 VII The Battle at the Wells of Abu El Lissal . 90 VIII The Capture of King Solomon's Ancient Seaport 99 IX Across the Red Sea to Join Lawrence and Feisal 109 X The Battle of Seil El Hasa 129 XI Lawrence the Train- Wrecker 137 XII Drinkers of the Milk of War 149 XIII Auda Abu Tayi, the Bedouin Robin Hood . .155 XIV Knights of the Black Tents 164 XV My Lord the Camel 174 XVI Abdullah the Pock-Marked, and the Story of Ferraj and Daoud 181 XVII An Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth 188 XVIII A Rose-Red City Half as Old as Time ... 199 XIX A Bedouin Battle in a City of Ghosts . . 219
XX The Relative in My House 230
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