T.E. Lawrence — The Garnetts

The Essential T. E Lawrence

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First published in 1951 by Jonathan Cape, The Essential T. E. Lawrence is an attempt by editor David Garnett to create, out of Lawrence’s own writings, a biography of the man who became Lawrence of Arabia. Garnett succeeds at every level by using extracts from Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the Arab Bulletin, and The Mint, plus many letters to his mother, John Buchan, Bernard Shaw, Edward…