I have to confess that my knowledge of Lawrence of Arabia is pretty much derived from the film and a school production of Ross by Terrance Rattigan. *
So, with that stunning level of ignorance I fell on this week’s edition of In Our Time, hosted by Melvyn Bragg on Radio 4, yesterday.*
And what an excellent program it was focusing on the Ottoman Empire as well as Lawrence, the campaign Arab nationalism and the imperial motives of Britain and France.
"Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss T.E. Lawrence (1888 - 1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, a topic drawn from over 1200 suggestions for our Listener Week 2019.
Although Lawrence started as an archaeologist in the Middle East, when World War I broke out he joined the British army and became an intelligence officer. His contact with a prominent Arab leader, Sharif Hussein, made him sympathetic to Hussein’s cause and during the Arab Revolt of 1916 he not only served the British but also the interests of Hussein.
After the war he was dismayed by the peace settlement and felt that the British had broken an assurance that Sharif Hussein would lead a new Arab kingdom. Lawrence was made famous by the work of Lowell Thomas, whose film of Lawrence drew huge audiences in 1919, which led to his own book Seven Pillars of Wisdom and David Lean’s 1962 film with Peter O'Toole.
With; Hussein Omar, Lecturer in Modern Global History at University College Dublin, Catriona Pennell, Associate Professor of Modern History and Memory Studies at the University of Exeter, and Neil Faulkner, Director of Military History Live and Editor of the magazine Military History Matters
Producer: Simon Tillotson”.**
Pictures; Seven Pillars of Wisdom rock formation in Wadi Rum, Jordan, 28 October 2008, Tomobe03,
*Ross, Terence Rattigan, 1960, Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean, 1962
**Lawrence of Arabia, In Our Time, Radio 4, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c0b0
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| Seven Pillars of Wisdom rock formation, 2008 |
And what an excellent program it was focusing on the Ottoman Empire as well as Lawrence, the campaign Arab nationalism and the imperial motives of Britain and France.
"Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss T.E. Lawrence (1888 - 1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, a topic drawn from over 1200 suggestions for our Listener Week 2019.
Although Lawrence started as an archaeologist in the Middle East, when World War I broke out he joined the British army and became an intelligence officer. His contact with a prominent Arab leader, Sharif Hussein, made him sympathetic to Hussein’s cause and during the Arab Revolt of 1916 he not only served the British but also the interests of Hussein.
After the war he was dismayed by the peace settlement and felt that the British had broken an assurance that Sharif Hussein would lead a new Arab kingdom. Lawrence was made famous by the work of Lowell Thomas, whose film of Lawrence drew huge audiences in 1919, which led to his own book Seven Pillars of Wisdom and David Lean’s 1962 film with Peter O'Toole.
With; Hussein Omar, Lecturer in Modern Global History at University College Dublin, Catriona Pennell, Associate Professor of Modern History and Memory Studies at the University of Exeter, and Neil Faulkner, Director of Military History Live and Editor of the magazine Military History Matters
Producer: Simon Tillotson”.**
Pictures; Seven Pillars of Wisdom rock formation in Wadi Rum, Jordan, 28 October 2008, Tomobe03,
*Ross, Terence Rattigan, 1960, Lawrence of Arabia, David Lean, 1962
**Lawrence of Arabia, In Our Time, Radio 4, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c0b0
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