Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

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Brown, Malcolm (2005). Lawrence of Arabia: The life, the legend. London: Thames & Hudson / [In association with] Imperial War Museum. ISBN 978-0-500-51238-8– via Internet Archive (archive.org). Graves, Robert (1928). Lawrence and the Arabian Adventure. New York: Doubleday – via Internet Archive (archive.org).

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, US TV series (1992–1993) with episodes depicting moments from Lawrence's lifeRichardson, Nigel (24 October 2016). "Adventure in the desert on the trail of Lawrence of Arabia". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 19 January 2020. Meyer, Karl E.; Brysac, Shareen Blair (2008). Kingmakers: the Invention of the Modern Middle East. New York / London: W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06199-4– via Internet Archive (archive.org). The show premiered in New York in March 1919. [134] He was invited to take his show to England, and he agreed to do so provided that he was personally invited by the King and provided the use of either Drury Lane or Covent Garden. [135] He opened at Covent Garden on 14 August 1919 and continued for hundreds of lectures, "attended by the highest in the land". [132] [136]

This newspaper called Lawrence’s 1926 self-published autobiography Seven Pillars of Wisdom “one of the most stirring stories of our time”. (Personally, I find it a bore.) Lawrence toned down the episode in Deraa in which the Bey (Governor) sodomised him; Fiennes follows most biographers and accepts circumstantial accounts. He is coy about homosexuality: “There is, however, evidence to suggest that Lawrence might have had more sexual interest in men.” The paid-for whippings of the later years are noted, though Fiennes finds it “difficult to say whether he [Lawrence] wanted to be whipped for pleasure, punishment, or both”. T. E. Lawrence Studies, built by Lawrence's authorised biographer Jeremy Wilson (no longer maintained) He professed happiness, and he left the service with considerable regret at the end of his enlistment in March 1935. [160] There is some evidence that at that time the British government was interested in bringing him into some role in the national defense organization, in the context of the rising threat of Nazi Germany. [161] Alan Bennett's play Forty Years On (1968) includes a satire on Lawrence; known as "Tee Hee Lawrence" because of his high-pitched, girlish giggle. "Clad in the magnificent white silk robes of an Arab prince ... he hoped to pass unnoticed through London. Alas he was mistaken." [273] Castle Hill Press". www.castlehillpress.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021 . Retrieved 20 October 2009.Seven Pillars Of Wisdom Trust, registered charity no. 208669". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Crawford, Fred D. (1998). Aldington and Lawrence of Arabia: A cautionary tale. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-2166-7. Erwin Tragatsch, ed. (1979). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles. New Burlington Books. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-906286-07-4. Peter O'Toole's portrayal of Lawrence inspired behavioural affectations in the android David, portrayed by Michael Fassbender in the 2012 film Prometheus, and its 2017 sequel Alien: Covenant, part of the Alien franchise. [269] Barnett, David (30 October 2022). "Revealed: T. E. Lawrence felt 'bitter shame' over UK's false promises of Arab self-rule". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 November 2022.