The Mint (book)
Videos
The Mint is a book written by T. E. Lawrence and published posthumously in 1955. It describes his time in the Royal Air Force, working, despite having held senior rank in the army, as an ordinary airc
First (expurgated) general edition, 1955
Start of chapter 19 'Shit-cart' showing blanks for expurgations in both chapter title and main text
Detail of title page showing elegant hardback style on cream cartridge paper
Lcamel
E. M. Forster
Videos
Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View, Howards End and A Passage to India. He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeche
The Mint (book)
…for its sharp observation, for the insight it gives into Lawrence himself, and for the censorship issues around its publication. In 1929 the novelist E. M. Forster corresponded with Lawrence. He wrote two detailed letters to him criticising The Mint, which he liked, and advising on how it might be improved. The…
Portrait of Forster by Dora Carrington, c. 1924–1925
Plaque and sundial at Rooks Nest in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, the childhood home remembered in Forster's novel Howards End.
A section of the main building, Tonbridge School
Forster circa 1917