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T. E. Lawrence to Henry Williamson
76 words omitted[23 August 1929]
It was very pleasant to see you, and Mrs. Williamson: and the kid! I'm always a bit sorry for children. We've had a hell of a bad time: so'll they, I suppose. Among my 1001 leave plans is a night or two with you in the new place: don't be alarmed. I can sleep on the doorstep, and your food is luxury itself, after the R.A.F. In 48 hours we could tear to pieces all contemporary books, and begin English literature with a new clean sheet!
In this camp one is always on duty: and I want to be able to look at and listen to trees and running water, at my leisure, with no whistles or parades to keep on interrupting.
Note
Full text, 198 words, in Letters
Vol. 9 p. 85.
| Source: | GOF 36 |
| Checked: | jw/ |
| Last revised: | 5 July 2006 |
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