Five Thousand Kilometres Through France

In the trail of the Young Lawrence of Arabia

You can read more about the young TE Lawrence’s letters, his photography and his university thesis at these links.

Sources

A very active Facebook group devoted to all aspects of Lawrence of Arabia’s life - TE Lawrence: The Facts behind the Myths.

Lawrence of Arabia - the film

David Lean’s film Lawrence of Arabia, released in 1962 and starring Peter O’Toole, Alec Guiness and Omar Sharif.

The Society of Antiquaries

The Society of Antiquaries, an august institution in Central London, owns a series of photographs taken by the young TE Lawrence, many of them on the cycle journeys that this website is concerned with.

The Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Library in Oxford holds many of the documents left behind by TE Lawrence and his family. They also hold documents owned by the Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, into which Lawrence’s manuscripts were put by his brother.

The Young Lawrence of Arabia, by Anthony Sattin

A very readable biography of the young TE Lawrence, up to the time that he was commissioned into military intelligence in the First World War.

Thanks also go to Anthony Sattin, Martin Gething, Bill Woodburn