Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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With TextII in front of him, Lawrence began working on a polished version ("TextIII") in London, Jeddah, and Amman during 1921. Lawrence completed this text comprising 335,000words in February1922.

Stewart, Desmond (1977). T. E. Lawrence. New York: Harper & Row Publishers. ISBN 9780060141233– via Internet Archive (archive.org). Boyd, William (29 April 2016). "Lawrence of Arabia: a man in flight from himself". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016 . Retrieved 30 April 2016. Swedish power metal band Sabaton wrote the song "Seven Pillars Of Wisdom" about Lawrence for their 2019 album The Great War. [277] Finished reading this with my kids, but I probably enjoyed it the most. It was a fun introduction to Lawrence of Arabia written by Alstair MacLean in 1962. It focuses on the role that T.E. Lawrence played in the Arab Revolt during WWI. There is just enough wind-up with his early life, character, etc., and the history/geography of Arabia to insure the thrust of MacLean's small biography doesn't lose nonserious readers in a desert of Arab ignorance. But the book's real brilliance is in MacLean's depiction of the Capture of Aqaba, Battle of Tafileh and the Fall of Damascus. At the end, MacLean also ties the book off with a summary of the post-War years and some of the political results of T.E. Lawrence's work with Winston Churchill and the Colonial Office. Lawrence was involved in the build-up to the capture of Damascus in the final weeks of the war, but he was not present at the city's formal surrender. He arrived several hours after the city had fallen, entering Damascus around 9am on 1 October 1918; the first to arrive was the 10th Light Horse Regiment led by Major A. C. N. "Harry" Olden, who accepted the formal surrender of the city from acting Governor Emir Said. [122] [123] Lawrence was instrumental in establishing a provisional Arab government under Faisal in newly liberated Damascus, which he had envisioned as the capital of an Arab state. [124] Faisal's rule as king, however, came to an abrupt end in 1920, after the battle of Maysaloun when the French Forces of General Henri Gouraud entered Damascus under the command of General Mariano Goybet, destroying Lawrence's dream of an independent Arabia. [125]Report Lawrence now a Muslim Saint, Spying on the Bolshevist Agents in India". The New York Times. 27 September 1928. p.1. A bronze bust of Lawrence by Eric Kennington was placed in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, London, on 29 January 1936, alongside the tombs of Britain's greatest military leaders. [133] A recumbent stone effigy by Kennington was installed in St Martin's Church, Wareham, Dorset, in 1939. [261] [262]

Armitage, F.A. (1955). The Desert and the Stars: A biography of Lawrence of Arabia (illustrated with photographsed.). New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-00-000577-9. Alexander Korda bought the film rights to The Seven Pillars in the 1930s. The production was in development, with various actors cast as the lead, such as Leslie Howard. [267]He professed happiness, and he left the service with considerable regret at the end of his enlistment in March 1935. [160] There is some evidence that at that time the British government was interested in bringing him into some role in the national defense organization, in the context of the rising threat of Nazi Germany. [161] Penaud, Guy (2007). Le Tour de France de Lawrence d'Arabie (1908). Périgueux, France: Editions de La Lauze. ISBN 978-2-35249-024-1. Simpson, Andrew R.B. (2008). Another Life: Lawrence after Arabia. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-86227-464-8.