Born Thomas Edward Lawrence, and known professionally as T.E. Lawrence, though the world came to know him as Lawrence of Arabia. In 1922, Lawrence used the name John Hume Ross to enlist in the RAF; after being discovered and forced out, he took the name T.E. Shaw to join the Royal Tank Corps (1923). He was eventually let back into the RAF (1925).
Books in order of publication:
The Wilderness of Zin London, Harrison and Sons, (1914)
Carchemish – Report on the Excavations at Djerabis on Behalf of the British Museum (1914) – 2 volumes
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, (1922, revised and shortened in 1926) – an account of Lawrence’s part in the Arab Revolt.
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