![]() The circumstances surrounding the publication of Seven Pillars are equally compelling and dramatic. As an adviser to Husein's son Feisal, Lawrence helped to organize the Arab revolt against the Turks starting in June 1915, which played an important part in the eventual Allied triumph on the Palestine front. He established strong ties with the Arab leader, Sherif Husein of Mecca, according to Britain’s National Archive. ![]() Lawrence was an archeologist who joined British military intelligence in Cairo on the outbreak of WWI. It also forms the basis of David Lean’s classic film Lawrence of Arabia (1962), named after the young Englishman. ![]() Lawrence’s autobiographical book is one of the most enduring memoirs of all time, gaining new resonance with each generation. ![]() E.) Lawrence was an intelligence officer renowned for his memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom and for his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire during WWI. Known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, WWI British Army Colonel Thomas Edward (T. ![]()
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