The film has its defenders. Biographer Michael Korda, the author of "Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia", offers a different opinion. The film is neither "the full story of Lawrence's life or a completely accurate account of the two years he spent fighting with the Arabs." However, Korda argues that criticising its inaccuracy "misses the point." "The object was to produce, not a faithful docudrama that would educate the audience, but a hit picture." Stephen E. Tabachnick goes further than Korda by arguing that the film's portrayal of Lawrence is "appropriate and true to the text of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom"". A British historian of the Arab Revolt, David Murphy, wrote that although the film was flawed by various inaccuracies and omissions, "it was a truly epic movie and is rightly seen as a classic."