Brown (1988) letters to E. M. Forster, 21Dec 1927; Robert Graves, 6Nov 1928; F. L. Lucas, 26March 1929. Beauforte-Greenwood, W. E. G. "Notes on the introduction to the RAF of high-speed craft". T. E. Lawrence Studies. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011 . Retrieved 11 April 2011. The authoritative, illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence from “The World’s Greatest Living Explorer” Ranulph Fiennes.

Lawrence's most important contributions to the Arab Revolt were in the area of strategy and liaison with British Armed Forces, but he also participated personally in several military engagements:

Wilson, Jeremy. " Seven Pillars of Wisdom—Triumph and Tragedy". T. E. Lawrence Studies. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008 . Retrieved 17 July 2008. By far the most intriguing – and significant – of Anderson's trio is Aaronsohn. "A towering man given to portliness … brilliant and arrogant, passionate and combative", in 1915 this celebrated agronomist was trusted enough by the Ottomans to be placed in charge of a campaign to suppress a plague of locusts. But 1915 was also the year of the Armenian genocide; Aaronsohn feared that the Jewish colonists of Palestine would be next. By 1917 he had overcome British suspicions to establish a spy ring, including his sister, Sarah, that passed on information about the Turks in Palestine. In October of that year, Sarah was captured by the Ottomans, whom she defied, first by withstanding brutal treatment, then by killing herself. Her brother was in London conferring with Chaim Weizmann at the time. No longer were the Aaronsohns interested solely in self-defence; the new goal, as articulated by Weizmann, was a Jewish Palestine "under British protection". Matt Wells, media correspondent (22 August 2002). "The 100 greatest Britons: lots of pop, not so much circumstance | Media". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 April 2020. This newspaper called Lawrence’s 1926 self-published autobiography Seven Pillars of Wisdom “one of the most stirring stories of our time”. (Personally, I find it a bore.) Lawrence toned down the episode in Deraa in which the Bey (Governor) sodomised him; Fiennes follows most biographers and accepts circumstantial accounts. He is coy about homosexuality: “There is, however, evidence to suggest that Lawrence might have had more sexual interest in men.” The paid-for whippings of the later years are noted, though Fiennes finds it “difficult to say whether he [Lawrence] wanted to be whipped for pleasure, punishment, or both”.

Initially, Lawrence played only a supporting role in the show, as the main focus was on Allenby's campaigns; but then Thomas realised that it was the photos of Lawrence dressed as a Bedouin which had captured the public's imagination, so he had Lawrence photographed again in London in Arab dress. [133] With the new photos, Thomas re-launched his show under the new title With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia in early 1920, which proved to be extremely popular. [133] The new title elevated Lawrence from a supporting role to a co-star of the Near Eastern campaign and reflected a changed emphasis. Thomas' shows made the previously obscure Lawrence into a household name. [133] Lawrence worked with Thomas on the creation of the presentation, answering many questions and posing for many photographs. [137] After its success, however, he expressed regret about having been featured in it. [138] Emir Faisal's party at Versailles, during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919; left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri al-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), Lawrence, Faisal's servant (name unknown), Captain Hassan KhadriT.E. Lawrence, (born August 16, 1888, Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales—died May 19, 1935, Clouds Hill, Dorset, England), British archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author best known for his legendary war activities in the Middle East during World War I and for his account of those activities in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). Early life It is significant that Aldington was a colonialist, arguing that the French colonial administration of Syria (resisted by Lawrence) had benefited that country [239] and that Arabia's peoples were "far enough advanced for some government though not for complete self-government." [240] He was also a Francophile, railing against Lawrence's "Francophobia, a hatred and an envy so irrational, so irresponsible and so unscrupulous that it is fair to say his attitude towards Syria was determined more by hatred of France than by devotion to the 'Arabs' – a convenient propaganda word which grouped many disharmonious and even mutually hostile tribes and peoples." [241] Alleyne, Richard (30 July 2010). "Garland of Arabia: the forgotten story of TE Lawrence's brother-in-arms". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 March 2014.

There is considerable evidence that Lawrence was a masochist. He wrote in his description of the Dera'a beating that "a delicious warmth, probably sexual, was swelling through me," and he also included a detailed description of the guards' whip in a style typical of masochists' writing. [228] In later life, Lawrence arranged to pay a military colleague to administer beatings to him, [229] and to be subjected to severe formal tests of fitness and stamina. [212] John Bruce first wrote on this topic, including some other statements that were not credible, but Lawrence's biographers regard the beatings as established fact. [230] French novelist André Malraux admired Lawrence but wrote that he had a "taste for self-humiliation, now by discipline and now by veneration; a horror of respectability; a disgust for possessions". [231] Biographer Lawrence James wrote that the evidence suggested a "strong homosexual masochism", noting that he never sought punishment from women. [232] McMahon, Henry; bin Ali, Hussein (1939). "Cmd.5957; Correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon, G.C.M.G., His Majesty's High Commissioner at. Cairo and the Sherif Hussein of Mecca, July, 1915–March, 1916 (with map)" (PDF). HMSO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2022. Creating History: Lowell Thomas and Lawrence of Arabia" online history exhibit at Clio Visualizing History.

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