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T. E. Lawrence

   

Biographical information

The Lawrence of Arabia Factfile
A large site featuring, among other things:

Lawrence FAQs

Lawrence quotations

T E Lawrence Studies  
A detailed biographical and bibliographical website

Centenary exhibition
Extracts from the catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1988

Photographic reference archive


Lawrence on film

The Lawrence of Arabia Homepage
A site dedicated to David Lean's award-winning film of the man, with sound and video clips, reviews, and links to information about the cast

Lawrence of Arabia 
Reviewed by Tim Dirks (filmsite.org)

Lawrence of Arabia 
(reelclassics.com)

Lawrence of Arabia 
Reviewed by Damian Cannon (Movie Reviews UK)

Lawrence's theme tune

BOOK: Filming T.E. Lawrence: Korda's Lost Epics
Andrew Kelly (Editor), et al. Hardcover, 1997
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VIDEO: Lawrence of Arabia - 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Jose Ferrer. VHS, Widescreen, 1962
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VIDEO: Lawrence of Arabia
O'Toole. VHS, Widescreen, 1962
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Research

Journal of the T E Lawrence Society 
including back issues

Castle Hill Press
Lawrence book specialists (UK)

Denis McDonnell 
Bookseller specialising in T E Lawrence and the French Foreign Legion (US)

T. E. Notes
A Lawrence newsletter, edited by Denis W. McDonnell and Suellen J. Miller

Lawrence of Arabia, The Authorised Biography 
Jeremy Wilson. The first eight chapters are now on line

Lawrence, the uncrowned king of Arabia 
A critique of Michael Asher's book by Jeremy Wilson

Influence As Power
by Rich Stiller. An online book about Lawrence

The Power of Lawrence of Arabia
by Scott J. Siegel

Lawrence's letters 
a chronological catalogue

Lawrence bibliography 
Check-list of works by and about T E Lawrence, with a listing of his manuscripts and correspondence

Lawrence symposia 
Academic discussions (since 1988)

Lawrence research archives

Lawrence maps

Letter to Ali ibn Hussain (1915)
Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, wrote a series of 10 letters to Ali Ibn Hussain, Sherif of Mecca, during the First World War in the hope of attracting Arab support against the Turks. The implication was that after the war Britain would support an independent Arab state.

The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)

World War I - "trenches on the web"
A lot of background information about the war, but not much on the Arab revolt


Memorabilia

Castle Hill Press
Lawrence book specialists

"A shrine to T E Lawrence"
by one of his admirers

His bike
Facts about the Brough motorcycle

Memorial sites
Clouds Hill, Moreton Cemetery, etc.

     

Books

 

Filming T.E. Lawrence: Korda's Lost Epics
Andrew Kelly (Editor), et al. Hardcover, 1997
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Lawrence of Arabia
Liddell Hart, et al. Paperback, 1989
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
T. E. Lawrence. Paperback, 1991
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A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence
John E. Mack. Paperback, 1998
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Richard Aldington and Lawrence of Arabia: A Cautionary Tale
Fred D. Crawford. Hardcover, 1998
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T. E. Lawrence: The Selected Letters
T.E. Lawrence, Malcolm Brown (Editor). Paperback, 1994
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T.E. Lawrence (Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians)
Daniel Wolfe. Library Binding, 1995
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T.E. Lawrence (Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians)
Daniel Wolfe. Paperback, 1995
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T.E. Lawrence
Stephen Ely Tabachnick. Hardcover, 1997
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The Golden Warrior: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence James. Paperback, 1994
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The Golden Warrior
Lawrence James. Hardcover, 1995
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Lawrence and the Arabs
Robert Graves, Eric Kennington (Illustrator). Paperback, 1994
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Lawrence of Arabia
Richard Aldington. Hardcover, 1976
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Lawrence of Arabia and American Culture
Joel C. Hodson. Hardcover, 1995
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Lawrence of Arabia, Strange Man of Letters
Harold Orlans (Editor). Hardcover, 1993
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