First published in 1985, this hugely entertaining portrait of Lawrence will be gladly received back into the literary fold. There is never a dull moment in this incisive biography as Burgess makes the case most eloquently and convincingly that Lawrence is one of the very greatest of English writers. Flame into Being examines Lawrence's work in its entirety, not just the well-known novels, and how, in the years following the second World War, he gained recognition as one of the twentieth century's most original and outstanding authors.