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Feb 2021
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Lawrence de Arabia, el británico apasion...

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Nacido en Gales en 1888, este historiador formado en Oxford y gran conocedor del mundo árabe, Thomas Edward Lawrence se convirtió en el protagonista más famoso de la rebelión árabe contra los turcos durante la Primera Guerra Mundial gracias, en parte, a las distintas películas que se han realizado sobre su figura. 
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