Spies in Palestine

Love, Betrayal and the Heroic Life of Sarah Aaronsohn. This book describes how the Aaronsohns, one of the most prominent families in the province, came to commit themselves and their comrades to the Allied side and how they formed the NILI espionage organization to spy against the Turkish Army. Late in the war, in 1917, Sarah Aaronsohn assumed command of the spy network as the group's penetration of the Turkish army reached a critical juncture. Sarah was idolized by T E Lawrence, the fabled Lawrence of Arabia who dedicated his flowery biography, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, to her.