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T. E. Lawrence

T. E. Lawrence

Born 16 August 1888 · Died 19 May 1935

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916–18. The extraordinary breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title popularised by the 1962 film based on his First World War activities. [Wikipedia]

Quotes

  • “Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.”
    The Evolution of A Revolt
  • “I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results.”
    Letter in T.E. Lawrence: The Selected Letters 1989 edited By Malcolm Brown, as
  • “All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas!”
    Letter to Bruce Rogers 20 August 1931
  • “In fifty words: Granted mobility, security (in the form of denying targets to the enemy), time, and doctrine (the idea to convert every subject to friendliness), victory will rest with the insurgents, for the algebraical factors are in the end decisive, and against them perfections of means and spirit struggle quite in vain.”
    The Evolution of A Revolt

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Books by T. E. Lawrence in order

Books by T. E. Lawrence in the order they were published, from Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1905) to 27 Articles (2017).

  1. 1Seven Pillars of WisdomSeven Pillars of Wisdom1905
  2. 2Revolt in the DesertRevolt in the Desert1926
  3. 3Crusader CastlesCrusader Castles1936
  4. 4An Essay on FleckerAn Essay on Flecker1937
  5. 5The Diary of T.E. LawrenceThe Diary of T.E. Lawrence1937
  6. 6The Diary of T.E. Lawrence MCMXIThe Diary of T.E. Lawrence MCMXI1937
  7. 7Oriental AssemblyOriental Assembly1939
  8. 8Men in PrintMen in Print1940
  9. 9Selections from the Seven Pillars of WisdomSelections from the Seven Pillars of Wisdom1940
  10. 10The Essential T.E. LawrenceThe Essential T.E. Lawrence1951
  11. 11The Selected LettersThe Selected Letters1952
  12. 12The Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence & His BrothersThe Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence & His Brothers1954
  13. 13The MintThe Mint1962
  14. 14Evolution of a RevoltEvolution of a Revolt1968
  15. 15Minorities; Good Poems by Small Poets and Small Poems by GooMinorities; Good Poems by Small Poets and Small Poems by Good Poets1972
  16. 16Letters to E.T. LeedsLetters to E.T. Leeds1988
  17. 17The Letters of T.E. LawrenceThe Letters of T.E. Lawrence1988
  18. 18T. E. LawrenceT. E. Lawrence1992
  19. 19Lawrence of Arabia, Strange Man of LettersLawrence of Arabia, Strange Man of Letters1993
  20. 20The Diary Kept by T. E. Lawrence While Travelling in Arabia The Diary Kept by T. E. Lawrence While Travelling in Arabia During 19111993
  21. 21The Diary of T.E. Lawrence MCMXI ; and, An Essay on FleckerThe Diary of T.E. Lawrence MCMXI ; and, An Essay on Flecker1994
  22. 22Correspondence with Henry WilliamsonCorrespondence with Henry Williamson2000
  23. 23Lawrence in War and PeaceLawrence in War and Peace2005
  24. 2427 Articles27 Articles2017

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