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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
===Chronological selection of his most important works===
===Most important writings===
===Letters editions===
* Woolley, C. Leonard, and T. E. Lawrence. ''The Wilderness of Zin: Archeological Report.'' With a chapter on the Greek inscriptions by M[arcus]. N. Tod. Palestine Exploration Fund, Annual, 3. London: Off. of the Fund, 1915. New edition, Preface by Jonathan Tubb, introduction by Sam T. Moorhead. London: Stacey International, 2003.
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''Revolt in the Desert.'' London: Jonathan Cape / New York: George H. Doran, 1927. (Lawrence's abridgement of the ''Seven Pillars.'')
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.'' [First privately printed in 1926.] London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. (Many reprints.) Still available at Penguin Books, 1978.
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''Crusader Castles.'' London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. (The best edition by Denys Pringle [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988]).
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''Secret Despatches from Arabia.'' Ed. by Arnold W. Lawrence. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. New edition, ''Secret Despatches from Arabia and Other Writings.'' Ed. and introduced by Malcolm Brown. London: Bellew Publishing, 1991.
best edition, ''T. E. Lawrence in War and Peace.'' Edited by Malcolm Brown. Greenhill Books, 2005.
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''Oriental Assembly.'' With Photographs by the Author. Ed. by A[rnold]. W. Lawrence. London: Williams and Norgate, 1939. (Includes Lawrences Diary of his tour in 1911, which he undertook after the end of the excavation season; also the first chapter of the ''Seven Pillars'', which remained unpublished in 1935.) Facsimile edition with new introduction by Malcolm Brown. London: Imperial War Museum, 1991.
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''The Mint [: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 A/c Ross.]'' London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. (Published posthumously; the first edition of the unexpurgated text was published in London by Jonathan Cape, 1973. Reprinted)
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''Evolution of a Revolt.'' Ed. by Stanley and Rodelle Weintraub. University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1968. (Good, but incomplete collection of Lawrence's post-war writings.)
* Wilson, Jeremy, ed. ''Minorities.'' Preface by C. Day Lewis. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. (Lawrence's collection of his favorite poetry.)
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''Lawrence of Arabia, Strange Man of Letters.'' Ed. By Harold Orlans. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1993. (Letters, reviews and literary writings.)
* Lawrence, Thomas Edward. ''The Complete 1922 Seven Pillars of Wisdom: The ‘Oxford’ text.'' Edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson. 1997. Fordingbridge, Hampshire: J. and N. Wilson, 2004.
 
===Letter editions===
===Biographies===
===Biographies===

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Thomas Edward Lawrence, later known als 'Lawrence of Arabia' (August 16, 1888 in Tremadoc, Wales - May 19, 1935 in Bovington, Dorset), was educated as an archaeologist and historian; he became an intelligence officer, a liaison officer with the Arab Revolt from 1916-1918 and a member of the Colonial Office, then a Tank Corps and R.A.F.-soldier. He wanted to be considered as a writer.

Early life and education

In World War I

At the Versailles Peace Conference and in the Colonial Office

In the ranks

His writings

His character and his appeal

Notes


Bibliography

Most important writings

  • Woolley, C. Leonard, and T. E. Lawrence. The Wilderness of Zin: Archeological Report. With a chapter on the Greek inscriptions by M[arcus]. N. Tod. Palestine Exploration Fund, Annual, 3. London: Off. of the Fund, 1915. New edition, Preface by Jonathan Tubb, introduction by Sam T. Moorhead. London: Stacey International, 2003.
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. Revolt in the Desert. London: Jonathan Cape / New York: George H. Doran, 1927. (Lawrence's abridgement of the Seven Pillars.)
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. [First privately printed in 1926.] London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. (Many reprints.) Still available at Penguin Books, 1978.
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. Crusader Castles. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. (The best edition by Denys Pringle [Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988]).
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. Secret Despatches from Arabia. Ed. by Arnold W. Lawrence. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. New edition, Secret Despatches from Arabia and Other Writings. Ed. and introduced by Malcolm Brown. London: Bellew Publishing, 1991.

best edition, T. E. Lawrence in War and Peace. Edited by Malcolm Brown. Greenhill Books, 2005.

  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. Oriental Assembly. With Photographs by the Author. Ed. by A[rnold]. W. Lawrence. London: Williams and Norgate, 1939. (Includes Lawrences Diary of his tour in 1911, which he undertook after the end of the excavation season; also the first chapter of the Seven Pillars, which remained unpublished in 1935.) Facsimile edition with new introduction by Malcolm Brown. London: Imperial War Museum, 1991.
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. The Mint [: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with Later Notes by 352087 A/c Ross.] London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. (Published posthumously; the first edition of the unexpurgated text was published in London by Jonathan Cape, 1973. Reprinted)
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. Evolution of a Revolt. Ed. by Stanley and Rodelle Weintraub. University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1968. (Good, but incomplete collection of Lawrence's post-war writings.)
  • Wilson, Jeremy, ed. Minorities. Preface by C. Day Lewis. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. (Lawrence's collection of his favorite poetry.)
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. Lawrence of Arabia, Strange Man of Letters. Ed. By Harold Orlans. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1993. (Letters, reviews and literary writings.)
  • Lawrence, Thomas Edward. The Complete 1922 Seven Pillars of Wisdom: The ‘Oxford’ text. Edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson. 1997. Fordingbridge, Hampshire: J. and N. Wilson, 2004.

Letter editions

Biographies