T. E. Lawrence Studies

Letters and works shown in blue have been printed in the major edition of Lawrence's works and letters published by Castle Hill Press. Many of these are covered by European copyright, and for the present they cannot be included here.

Letters and works shown in brown have been published elsewhere, in the printed edition indicated, but are covered by European copyright. For the present they cannot be included here.

Works

Introduction to The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales by Richard Garnett (London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1924, pp. vii-xiv)

Adrien Le Corbeau [pseud. of Rudolf Bernhardt] The Forest Giant, translated from the French by J. H. Ross [pseud. of T. E. Lawrence]. London, Jonathan Cape, 1924

'Diversions' [1924 or 1925]

Letters

January 1924

To Edward Garnett 1 January 1924 DG pp. 449-50
To Sydney Cockerell 13 January 1924 DG p. 450; SCC p. 361
To Charlotte Shaw 13 January 1924 Letters 1 p. 57
To Charlotte Shaw 17 January 1924 Letters 1 p. 59
To Bernard Shaw 14 January 1924 DG p. 451, Letters 1 p. 58
To D. G. Hogarth 21 January 1924 DG pp. 451-2

February 1924

To Harley Granville-Barker 7 February 1924 DG pp. 452-4
To Eric Kennington 10 February 1924 DG pp. 454-5
To Charlotte Shaw 12 February 1924 Letters 1 pp. 60-61
To E. M. Forster 20 February 1924 DG pp. 455-8

March 1924

To Charlotte Shaw 6 March 1924 Letters 1 p. 62
To Charlotte Shaw 16 March 1924 Letters 1 pp. 63-6
To Sydney Cockerell 19 March 1924 DG pp. 456-9; SCC pp. 361-2
To Charlotte Shaw 19 March 1924 Letters 1 pp. 67-8
To Charlotte Shaw 26 March 1924 Letters 1 pp. 69-72

April 1924

To Charlotte Shaw 6 April 1924 Letters 1 pp. 72-3
To C. M. Doughty 30 April 1924 DG p. 459
To Charlotte Shaw 30 April 1924 Letters 1 pp. 73-5

May 1924

To Robert Graves 9 May 1924 B:RG p. 28
To D. G. Hogarth 9 May 1924 DG pp. 459-60
To his mother 9 May 1924 HL p. 357
To Charlotte Shaw 11 May 1924 Letters 1 pp. 76-7
To his mother 18 May 1924 HL p. 358
Introduction to The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales by Richard Garnett, 24 May 1924

June 1924

To Charlotte Shaw 10 June 1924 Letters 1 pp. 77-82
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 16 June 1924 DG pp. 460-61

July 1924

To Charlotte Shaw 10 July 1924 Letters 1 pp. 84-5
To Charlotte Shaw 19 July 1924 Letters 1 p. 86
To E. M. Foster 24 July 1924 DG pp. 461-2
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 31 July 1924 DG p. 463

August 1924

To A. E. Chambers 3 August 1924 DG p. 436
To Charlotte Shaw 4 August 1924 Letters 1 p. 87
To Charlotte Shaw 11 August 1924 Letters 1 pp. 87-9
To Charlotte Shaw 17 August 1924 Letters 1 pp. 90-91
To Lady Sandwich 18 August 1924 DG p. 464
To his mother 18 August 1924 HL pp. 358-60
To Lionel Curtis 25 August 1924 DG p. 465
To R. V. Buxton 29 August 1924 DG pp. 465-6
To Charlotte Shaw 30 August 1924 Letters 1 pp. 92-6
To Charlotte Shaw 31 August 1924 Letters 1 pp. 96-100

September 1924

To Edward Garnett 16 September 1924 DG p. 466
To Charlotte Shaw 27 September 1924 Letters 1 pp. 100-102
To E. M. Forster 29 September 1924 DG pp. 466-7

October 1924

To R. V. Buxton 6 October 1924 DG p. 468
Charlotte Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 6 October 1924 Letters 1 p. 103
Bernard Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 7 October 1924 Letters 1 pp. 103-5
To Charlotte Shaw 13 October 1924 Letters 1 pp. 110-11
To Charlotte Shaw 15 October 1924 Letters 1 pp. 111-12
To Robert Graves [mid-October 1924] B:RG pp. 30-31; extract DG p. 463
To Sydney Cockerell 15 October 1924 DG pp. 468-9; SCC pp. 362-3

November 1924

To Mrs. Thomas Hardy [postmarked 12 November 1924] DG pp. 469-70
To R. V. Buxton 25 November 1924 DG pp. 470-71
To Charlotte Shaw 29 November 1924 Letters 1 pp. 114-17

December 1924

To Robert Graves 5 December 1924 B:RG pp. 32-3
To Robert Bridges 10 December 1924 DG p. 471
To Charlotte Shaw 24 December 1924 Letters 1 p. 119

Undated but probably 1924

To Charlotte Shaw nd [probably early 1924] Letters 1 p. 211
T. E. Lawrence to Robert Graves B:RG pp. 30-31

T. E. Lawrence chronology

1888 16 August: born at Tremadoc, Wales

1896-1907: City of Oxford High School for Boys

1907-9: Jesus College, Oxford, B.A., 1st Class Hons, 1909

1910-14: Magdalen College, Oxford (Senior Demy), while working at the British Museum's excavations at Carchemish

1915-16: Military Intelligence Dept, Cairo

1916-18: Liaison Officer with the Arab Revolt

1919: Attended the Paris Peace Conference

1919-22: wrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1921-2: Adviser on Arab Affairs to Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office

1922 August: Enlisted in the Ranks of the RAF

1923 January: discharged from the RAF

1923 March: enlisted in the Tank Corps

1923: translated a French novel, The Forest Giant

1924-6: prepared the subscribers' abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1927-8: stationed at Karachi, then Miranshah

1927 March: Revolt in the Desert, an abridgement of Seven Pillars, published

1928: completed The Mint, began translating Homer's Odyssey

1929-33: stationed at Plymouth

1931: started working on RAF boats

1932: his translation of the Odyssey published

1933-5: attached to MAEE, Felixstowe

1935 February: retired from the RAF

1935 19 May: died from injuries received in a motor-cycle crash on 13 May

1935 21 May: buried at Moreton, Dorset

T. E. Lawrence

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