Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918.
Tooling on the cover of the first public printing, showing twin scimitars and the legend: "the sword also means clean-ness + death"
Revolt in the Desert is the only version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom published for the general public in Lawrence’s lifetime.
"The Seven Pillars" rock formation in Wadi Rum, Jordan
T. E. Lawrence
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Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The 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 used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities.
Lawrence in 1918
Lawrence's birthplace, Gorphwysfa, Tremadog, Carnarvonshire, Wales
The Lawrence family lived at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford from 1896 to 1921
Leonard Woolley (left) and Lawrence at the excavation of Carchemish, c. 1912