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Youth
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1915
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1916 | 1917
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1918 | 1919
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1920 | 1921
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1922 | 1923
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1924 | 1925
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1926 | 1927
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1928 | 1929
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1930 | 1931
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1932 | 1933
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1934 | 1935
Early life,
1888 to 1914 >>>
Lawrence’s early life, from his birth to the outbreak of the Great
War
The First
World War, 1914 to 1918
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From the outbreak of the Great War to the capture of Damascus,
covering the politics of the Middle East before the Arab Revolt, and
Lawrence’s activities during the Revolt itself. Includes detailed
chronologies for 1917 and 1918 based on Lawrence's field diaries.
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1915 Works in the Intelligence Office in Cairo
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1916 Cairo - Mesopotamia - the Hejaz
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1917 Arab Revolt
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1918 January- October, Arab Revolt
Lawrence as
Diplomat, 1918 to 1922
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The
Paris Peace Conference, The Cairo Conference, visits to the new Arab
states, enlistment
- 1918 Returns to London, argues the Arab case with
the British Government.
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1919
Attends the Paris Peace Conference, begins drafting Seven
Pillars, visits Cairo, takes up an All Souls fellowship;
Lowell Thomas lectures in London; the first draft of Seven
Pillars is stolen when almost complete.
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1920
Hurriedly rewrites Seven Pillars, begins a political
campaign against the Middle East settlement, begins but then
abandons a popular abridgement of Seven Pillars for
publication in the US; begins work on a corrected and polished
third draft of the full text.
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1921
Joins the Colonial Office under Winston Churchill as adviser on
Arab Affairs; orchestrates the Cairo Conference; assists
Churchill with a settlement in TransJordan, attempts to
negotiate a treaty with the Hedjaz.
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1922
Leaves the Colonial Office, completes Seven Pillars and
has eight proof-copies printed; begins to circulate the book in
this form to critics; accepts a proposal for a popular
abridgement; enlists in the RAF as 'J. H. Ross' and is posted
for basic training to the recruits' depot at Uxbridge, and
thence to the School of Photography at Farnborough; his secret
enlistment is revealed in the press.
Lawrence in the
Ranks, 1922 to 1935
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Lawrence in the RAF and Tank Corps. From his enlistment until his
death in 1935
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1923 Tank Corps,
translates The Forest Giant
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1924
Tank Corps, begins work on the revised abridgement of Seven
Pillars
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1925
Tank Corps, then transferred to the RAF at Cranwell
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1926
Cranwell, completes the subscribers' Seven Pillars,
drafts a popular abridgement (Revolt in
the Desert)
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1927 India,
Revolt in the Desert published, begins work on The Mint
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1928
completes The Mint, begins work on an Odyssey
translation
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1929 Plymouth
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1930 Plymouth
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1931
Plymouth, begins work on high-speed boats for the RAF
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1932
Plymouth, Odyssey translation published
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1933
Plymouth then Felixstowe
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1934
Felixstowe
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1935
Retires from the RAF, fatal motor-cycle accident
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