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

'Diversions' [1924 or 1925]

An Essay on Flecker. From the facsimile of the manuscript published in copies 1-30 of MIP, 1940

Letters

January 1925

To Charlotte Shaw 7 January 1925 Letters 1 pp. 120-22

Ferbruary 1925

March 1925

To R. V. Buxton 26 March 1925 DG p. 472
To Charlotte Shaw 19 March 1925 Letters 1 p. 123
To Charlotte Shaw 26 March 1925 Letters 1 pp. 124-5

April 1925

To Edward Garnett 9 April 1925 DG p. 473
To Edward Marsh 12 April 1925 DG pp. 473-4
To Charlotte Shaw 17 April Letters 1 p. 125
Bernard Shaw to T. E. Lawrence c.20 April 1925 Letters 1 pp. 126 - 8
To Jonathan Cape 21 April 1925 DG pp. 474-5
To Robert Graves 24 April 1925 B:RG pp. 29-30

May 1925

To Charlotte Shaw 3 May 1925 Letters 1 pp. 131-3
To Charlotte Shaw 16 May 1925 Letters 1 pp. 133-5
To John Buchan 19 May 1925 DG pp. 475-6
To Charlotte Shaw 31 May 1925 Letters 1 pp. 135-8

June 1925

To Edward Garnett 13 June 1925 DG pp. 476-7
To R. V. Buxton 20 June 1925 DG pp. 477-8
To Charlotte Shaw 28 June 1925 Letters 1 p. 138

July 1925

To Charlotte Shaw 4 July 1925 Letters 1 pp. 140-42
To John Buchan 5 July 1925 DG p. 478
To Charlotte Shaw 7 July 1925 Letters 1 p. 143
To Edward Garnett 17 July 1925 DG p. 479
To Charlotte Shaw 17 July 1925 Letters 1 pp. 143-4
To Edward Garnett 27 July 1925 DG pp. 479-80
To Charlotte Shaw 28 July 1925 Letters 1 p. 145
To Charlotte Shaw 30 July 1925 Letters 1 pp. 145-47

August 1925

To Charlotte Shaw 18 August 1925 Letters 1 pp. 148-9
To E. Palmer 25 August 1925 DG pp. 480-82
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 26 August 1925 DG p. 482
To John Buchan 27 August 1925 DG p. 483
To Robert Graves 29 August 1925 B:RG p. 34

September 1925

To E. Palmer 7 September 1925 DG pp. 483-5
To Charlotte Shaw 28 September 1925 Letters 1 pp. 149-51

October 1925

To Charlotte Shaw 17 October 1925 Letters 1 p. 152
To Robert Graves 21 October 1925 B:RG pp. 34-6

November 1925

To the Hon. Francis Rodd 3 November 1925 DG pp. 485-6
To Charlotte Shaw 5 November 1925 Letters 1 pp. 152-4
To Charlotte Shaw 17 November 1925 Letters 1 pp. 154-5

December 1925

To Charlotte Shaw 9 December 1925 Letters 1 pp. 155-6
To E. Palmer 10 December 1925 DG pp. 486-7
To Lionel Curtis 14 December 1925 DG pp. 487-8
To Charlotte Shaw 26 December 1925 Letters 1 pp. 157-9
To Sydney Cockerell 29 December 1925 DG pp. 488-9; SCC pp. 363-4
To Alec Dixon 19 December 1925 DG pp. 489-91
To his mother 28 December 1925 HL pp. 360-61

Undated but probably late 1925:

To Robert Graves B:RG pp. 36-7

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

STUDIES

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Correspondence and works by T. E. Lawrence

T. E. Lawrence chronology