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

Revolt in the Desert, published in March 1927, collated against its source text, the 1926 subscribers' abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom

'History of Seven Pillars' [Lawrence's note].

The Spectator:

Letters

January 1927

To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 11 January 1927 DG p. 503
To his mother 11 January 1927 HL p. 364; MB pp. 315-6 (omissions)
To S. L. Newcombe 11 January 1927 DG p. 504
To Charlotte Shaw 11 January 1927 Letters 2 pp. 3-4; MB pp. 313-4
To Fareedeh el Akle 28 January 1927 MB p. 316 (extract)
To Charlotte Shaw 28 January 1927 Letters 2 pp. 11-13; MB pp. 316-7

February 1927

To Edward Marsh 2 February 1927 DG pp. 504-5
To Dick Knowles 8 February 1927 DG pp. 505-7
To Eric Kennington 15 February 1927 DG pp. 507-9
To Charlotte Shaw 16 February 1927 Letters 2 pp. 15-17
To his mother 24 February 1927 HL pp. 364-5
To S. L. Newcombe 24 February 1927 DG p. 509
To Charlotte Shaw 24 February 1927 Letters 2 pp. 18-22; MB pp. 317-8 (omission)

March 1927

To Edward Garnett 1 March 1927 DG pp. 510-11
To Robin Buxton 4 March 1927 MB pp. 318-9 (omissions) 2040
To Charlotte Shaw 4 March 1927 Letters 2 pp. 24-7; MB pp. 319-20 (extract)
Bernard Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 7 March 1927 LTEL pp. 173-4. Letters 2 pp. 29-30
Charlotte Shaw to T E. Lawrence 14-15 March 1927 Letters 2 pp. 35-7
To Sydney Cockerell 15 March 1927 SCC pp. 364-5
To Charlotte Shaw 16 March 1927 Letters 2 pp. 38-43
To Charlotte Shaw 23 March 1927 Letters 2 pp. 45-7
To Eric Kennington 25 March 1927 MB p. 320 (extract)
To Charlotte Shaw 29 March 1927 Letters 2 pp. 49-53; MB pp. 320-3 (omission)
Charlotte Shaw to T E. Lawrence 30 March 1927 Letters 2 pp. 54-5
To W. A. Knowles 31 March 1927 DG p. 511

April 1927

To D. G. Hogarth 7 April 1927 DG pp. 512-3
To Charlotte Shaw 7 April 1927 Letters 2 pp. 56-7
To Charlotte Shaw 14 April 1927 Letters 2 pp. 57-62; MB pp. 323-6
To H. H. Banbury 20 April 1927 DG pp. 513-4 - one brief omission, printed as an extract in MB p. 326.
To D. G. Hogarth 21 April 1927 DG pp. 514-5
To Charlotte Shaw 21 April 1927 Letters 2 pp. 63-8
To S. L. Newcombe 27 April 1927 MB pp. 326-7
To Charlotte Shaw 27 April 1927 Letters 2 p. 70

May 1927

To Robert Graves 3 May 1927 B:RG pp. 43-4
To Charlotte Shaw 4 May 1927 Letters 2 pp. 71-3
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 5 May 1927 DG pp. 515-6
To A. W. Lawrence 5 May 1927 HL pp. 365-6
To Francis Yeats-Brown 5 May 1927 FYB p. 131
To Evelyn Wrench 5 May 1927 MB p. 327
To William Rothenstein 12 May 1927 DG p. 517
To Charlotte Shaw 12 May 1927 Letters 2 pp. 75-80; MB pp. 328-9 (omission)
Charlotte Shaw to T E. Lawrence 17 May 1927 Letters 2 pp. 81-7
To A. E. Cowley 19 May 1927 MB pp. 329-30
To Eric Kennington 19 May 1927 DG pp. 516-7
To D. G. Hogarth 19 May 1927 DG p. 517
To Charlotte Shaw 19 May 1927 Letters 2 pp. 87-91
To Jonathan Cape 25 May 1927 DG p. 518
To Charlotte Shaw, undated, 1927 note on photograph Letters 2 p. 93
To Charlotte Shaw 26 May 1927 Letters 2 pp. 94-96
To Sydney Cockerell 27 May 1927 DG pp. 518-9; SCC pp. 365-6
To Charlotte Shaw 27 May 1927 Letters 2 pp. 97-100
Charlotte Shaw to T E. Lawrence 31 May 1927 Letters 2 pp. 101-4

June 1927

To Charlotte Shaw 1 June 1927 Letters 2 pp. 106-7; MB pp. 330-1 (omissions)
To Robert Graves 9 June 1927 B:RG pp. 5-6
To Edward Garnett 10 June 1927 DG p. 520
To Edward Marsh 10 June 1927 DG pp. 521-3
To Eugen Millington-Drake 10 June 1927 MB p. 331
To Charlotte Shaw 10 June 1927 Letters 2 pp. 109-10
To The Hon Edward Eliot 16 June 1927 MB pp. 333-4
To Eric Kennington 16 June 1927 DG pp. 523-4
To his mother 16 June 1927 HL pp. 366-7 (omissions); MB pp. 334-5 (extracts including two passages omitted from HL)
To Charlotte Shaw 16 June 1927 Letters 2 pp. 111-15
To H. S. Ede 16 June 1927 S-E pp. 9-10; MB p. 332
To John Buchan 20 June 1927 MB pp. 335-6
To R. V. Buxton 23 June 1927 DG pp. 524-5
To Charlotte Shaw 23 June 1927 Letters 2 pp. 116-17
To Francis Yeats-Brown 23 June 1927 FYB p. 132; MB pp. 337-8
To Robert Graves 28 June 1927 B:RG pp. 48-58, 110-14
To Sergeant A. Pugh 30 June 1927 MB pp. 338-9
To Charlotte Shaw 30 June 1927 Letters 2 pp. 118-20
To Marshal of the RAF Sir Hugh Trenchard [30 June 1927] DG p. 525

July 1927

To Edward Garnett 7 July 1927 DG pp. 526-7
To D. G. Hogarth 7 July 1927 DG pp. 527-9
To Charlotte Shaw 7 July 1927 Letters 2 pp. 121-2
To Francis Yeats-Brown 8 July 1927 FYB pp. 132-3; MB pp. 340-1
To Lionel Curtis 14 July 1927 DG pp. 529-30
To E. M. Forster 14 July 1927 DG pp. 531-2
To Francis Yeats-Brown 14 July 1927 FYB p. 133
To Charlotte Shaw 14 July 1927 Letters 2 pp. 123-4
To Charlotte Shaw 21 July 1927 Letters 2 pp. 125-6
To Robert Graves 22 July 1927 B:RG pp. 88-90
To Charlotte Shaw 29 July 1927 Letters 2 pp. 129-30
To Robert Graves 30 July 1927 B:RG p. 91

August 1927

To Edward Garnett 1 August 1927 DG pp. 532-4; MB pp. 341-2 (omission)
To Robert Graves 3 August 1927 B:RG pp. 95-6
To Charlotte Shaw 3 August 1927 Letters 2 pp. 131-133
To Charlotte Shaw [4] August 1927 Letters 2 pp. 133-5
To Robert Graves [August 1927] B:RG pp. 127-31
To Robert Graves [August 1927] B:RG pp. 131-3
To Ralph Isham 10 August 1927 MB pp 342-3 (omission)
To Charlotte Shaw 11 August 1927 Letters 2 p. 136
To his mother 12 August 1927 HL pp. 368-9
To Charlotte Shaw 12 August 1927 Letters 2 pp. 137-9
To Robert Graves 17 August 1927 B:RG pp. 133-4
To Francis Yeats-Brown 18 August 1927 FYB p. 134
To Charlotte Shaw 18 August 1927 Letters 2 pp. 140-44; MB pp. 344-5 (omissions)
To F. N. Doubleday 25 August 1927 MB p. 345 (omissions)
To Charlotte Shaw 26 August 1927 Letters 2 pp. 146-7
To D. G. Hogarth 27 August 1927 DG pp. 534-5
To Charlotte Shaw 27 August 1927 Letters 2 pp. 148-50

September 1927

To H. S. Ede 1 September 1927 S-E p. 11; MB p. 346
To Francis Yeats-Brown 6 September 1927 FYB pp. 134-5
To E. M. Forster 8 September 1927 DG pp. 535-8; MB pp. 346-8 (omissions)
To Charlotte Shaw 8 September 1927 Letters 2 pp. 151-3
To S. L. Newcombe 9 September 1927 DG p. 538
To Dick Knowles 15 September 1927 DG pp. 539-40
To Charlotte Shaw 15-16 September 1927 Letters 2 pp. 154-6
Charlotte Shaw to T E. Lawrence 15-19 September 1927 Letters 2 pp. 157-62
To Robert Graves 22 September 1927 B:RG pp. 134-5
To Edward Garnett 22 September 1927 DG pp. 540-42
To Charlotte Shaw [27] September 1927 Letters 2 pp. 163-6
To Charlotte Shaw 29 September 1927 Letters 2 pp. 166-7

October 1927

To Robert Graves 1 October 1927 B:RG pp. 135-8
To J. G. Wilson 4 October 1927 DG pp. 543-4
Charlotte Shaw to T E. Lawrence 9-13 October 1927 Letters 2 pp. 168-71
To Charlotte Shaw 13 October 1927 Letters 2 pp. 171-4
To Francis Yeats-Brown 13 October 1927 FYB pp. 135-6
To Charlotte Shaw 18 October 1927 Letters 2 pp. 175-9; MB pp. 348-50
To F. G. Peake 20 October 1927 MB p. 351
To B. H.Liddell Hart 25 October 1927 B:LH pp. 1-3
To E. M. Forster 27 October 1927 MB pp. 351-2
To Charlotte Shaw 27 October 1927 Letters 2 pp. 180-82
To Charlotte Shaw undated [autumn 1927] Letters 2 pp. 183-4

November 1927

To Sir Hugh Bell 4 November 1927 MB pp. 532-3 (omission)
To his mother 4 November 1927 HL pp. 369-70
To Charlotte Shaw 4 November 1927 Letters 2 pp. 184-5
To Charlotte Shaw 10 November 1927 Letters 2 pp. 185-6; MB pp. 353-4
To Lionel Curtis 17 November 1927 MB p. 354
To B. H. Liddell Hart 17 November 1927 MB p. 356
To Charlotte Shaw 17 November 1927 Letters 2 pp. 186-8; MB p 355 (omission)
To Ralph Isham 22 November 1927 DG pp. 544-7
To Charlotte Shaw 24 November 1927 Letters 2 pp. 189-93
To David Garnett 30 November 1927 MB pp. 357-8 (omissions)

December 1927

To H. S. Ede 1 December 1927 S-E p. 12
To Edward Garnett 1 December 1927 DG pp. 647-51
To Charlotte Shaw 1 December 1927 Letters 2 pp. 193-4
To Ernest MacKay 2 December 1927 DG pp. 552-3
To Charlotte Shaw 5 December 1927 Letters 2 pp. 194-200
To Dick Knowles 7 December 1927 DG pp. 553-5
To Robert Graves 7 December 1927 B:RG pp. 138-40
To William Rothenstein 8 December 1927 DG pp. 555-7
To C. F. Bell 14 December 1927 MB pp. 358-9
To Charlotte Shaw 15 December 1927 Letters 2 pp. 201-5
Charlotte Shaw to T E. Lawrence 19 December 1927 Letters 2 pp. 206-11
To Charlotte Shaw 19-21 December 1927 Letters 2 pp. 211-14
To E. M. Forster 21 December 1927 MB pp. 359-61 (omissions)
To Lionel Curtis 22 December 1927 DG pp. 557-60
To Edward Garnett 23 December 1927 MB pp. 361-2 (omissions)
To Robert Graves 24-7 December 1927 B:RG pp. 141-4
To Charlotte Shaw 27 December 1927 Letters 2 pp. 216-18
To Dick Knowles 30 December 1927 DG pp. 560-63

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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