—Henry A. Kissinger

“Lawrence of Arabia, one of the great heroes of any age, has found the right b iographer in Michael Korda—a keen judge of the human condition and a master storyteller who can separate myth from reality without diminishing the grandeur of his subject.”

—evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers

“A magisterial biography. … Korda’s vivid portrait of Lawrence and his warring impulses captures the brilliance and charisma of this fascinating figure.”

— Publishers Weekly(starred review)

“A splendid biography about a most unusual and extraordinary individual.”

—Hugh Thomas, author of The Spanish Civil War

Illustration Credits

INTERIOR PAGES

Title page: top:National Portrait Gallery, London, bottom:courtesy of Kevin Kwan; page xx:“The Sword also Means Cleanness and Death,” front cover of Seven Pillars of Wisdomby T. E. Lawrence (published 1935) The Bridgeman Art Library; page 3:courtesy of Constable & Robinson Ltd; page 67:Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin / estate of John David Roberts. By courtesy of the William Roberts Society; pages 75 and 97:the executors of Lady Liddell Hart, deceased; page 103:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM Q59193; page 108:by Eric Kennington, courtesy of the family of the artist; page 201:from No Golden Journey: Life of James Elroy Fleckerby John Sherwood; page 213:(c)The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved 11/01/2010, Add.MS.50584ff.115; page 245:(c) Topham / The Image Works; page 304:by Sir Mark Sykes, with kind permission of Sir Tatton Sykes; pages 308 and 324:the executors of Lady Liddell Hart, deceased; page 338:by Eric Kennington, courtesy of family of the artist; page 369:the executors of Lady Liddell Hart, deceased; page 383:(c)Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust; page 431:courtesy of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club; page 441:by James McBey, Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM ART 2473; page 456:by Sir Mark Sykes, with kind permission of Sir Tatton Sykes; page 459:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM Q55581; page 464:from Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, the Legendby Malcolm Brown, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd; page 609:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Photogr.c.126, Fol.34r; page 636:from The Golden Reignby Clare Sydney Smith; page 665:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Photogr.c.126, Fol.71r; page 685:Collection, National Gallery of Ireland, (c)the artist’s estate, photo (c)National Gallery of Ireland.

PHOTOGRAPHIC INSERTS

COLOR

Page 1:(c)Tate, London 2010; page 2: top:(c)Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, bottom left:Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, bottom right:(c)Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust; page 3: top:(c)Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, bottom:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM ART 1553; page 4: top:James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA, bottom:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM FIR 8255; page 5: top left:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM 1567, top right and bottom:James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA; page 6: top left:Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, top right:(c)Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, bottom:James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA; page 7: James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA; page 8: top:from The Arab Awakeningby George Antonius, bottom:National Archives, U.K.

BLACK AND WHITE

Page 1: top:from A Prince of Our Disorderby John E. Mack, bottom left:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Photogr.c.126, Fol.2v, bottom right:from ” Lawrence of Arabia”by Jeremy Wilson; page 2: top:Gertrude Bell Photographic Archive, Newcastle University Archaeology Team, bottom:James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA; page 3: top:James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA, bottom:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM Q58838; page 4: top:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM Q58754, bottom:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM Q58863; page 5: top:Imperial War Museum, Negative No. IWM Q12616, bottom:from Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, the Legendby Malcolm Brown, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd; page 6: top:Hulton Archive / Getty Images, middle and bottom:film stills, James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA; page 7: top:Imperial War Musuem, Negative No. IWM Q59641; page 8: top:General Photographic Agency / Getty Images, bottom:(c) Mary Evans Picture Library / Douglas McCarthy / The Image Works; page 9: top and bottom:James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Lowell Thomas Papers, Marist College, USA; page 10: top:Popperfoto / Getty Images, bottom:Ernest H Mills / Getty Images; page 11: top:Hulton Archive / Getty Images, bottom:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Photogr.c.126, Fol.83r/b; page 12: top left:photo by Sasha, from The Golden Reignby Clare Sydney Smith, top right:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Photogr.c.126, Fol.57r/a, bottom:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Photogr.c.126, Fol.64v; page 13: top:from The Golden Reignby Clare Sydney Smith, bottom:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Photogr.c.126, Fol.89v/b; page 14:Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, N. 22891 b. 5, sc00a06661; page 15: top:National Portrait Gallery, London, bottom:courtesy of family of the artist; page 16:(c) Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis.