Lawrence of Arabia
British desert insurgent
Lawrence of Arabia is the nickname of T.
E.
Lawrence (1888–1935), a British military officer who became famous for his role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
His dramatic exploits in the desert, documented in his memoir *Seven Pillars of Wisdom*, made him a legendary figure embodying romantic adventure and cultural boundary-crossing.
The name is also the title of David Lean's acclaimed 1962 epic film about his life.
- Sykes-Picot AgreementWWI-era territorial partition pact
- desert crossingJourney through arid wilderness
- British intelligenceUK spy services
- World War IFirst global military conflict
- Ottoman EmpireTurkish sultanate, 1299-1922
Peter O'Toole · desert warfare · Treaty of Versailles · sand dunes · guerrilla warfare · desert expeditions · nomadic cultures · war propaganda · Arabian Peninsula · robes · mirage · camels · white robes · enigmatic · dunes · tribes · epic · heroic
- 1962 filmsTo Kill a Mockingbird, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, Cape Fear
- WWI FiguresKaiser Wilhelm II, Woodrow Wilson, Tsar Nicholas II, King George V, Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Desert TitlesDune, Sahara, Arabian Nights
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- 60s CinemaDr. Strangelove, The Graduate, Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, Mary Poppins
- biopicsbiopic, biopics, Lincoln, Gandhi, biographical drama
Lawrence of Arabiaarmchair general
Lawrence of ArabiaRudyard Kipling