28 Facts About Lawrence Arabia

1. Lawrence Arabia was part of this and knew about much of it.

2. Lawrence Arabia is the officer who inspires and leads a revolt among the Arabs against the Ottoman Turks, who at that time ruled much of the Middle East.

3. Lawrence Arabia remains one of the most iconic figures of the early 20th century.

4. Lawrence Arabia was under my command, but, after acquainting him with my strategical plan, I gave him a free hand.

5. Lawrence Arabia is promoted to colonel and immediately ordered back to Britain, as his usefulness to both Faisal and the British is at an end.

6. Lawrence Arabia takes up the dead man's battle cry; the result is a slaughter in which Lawrence himself participates.

7. Lawrence Arabia is promoted to major and given arms and money for the Arabs.

8. Lawrence Arabia heads to Cairo to inform Dryden and the new commander, General Allenby, of his victory.

9. Lawrence Arabia persuades Auda abu Tayi, the leader of the powerful local Howeitat tribe, to turn against the Turks.

10. Lawrence Arabia was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath and awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the French Legion d'honneur—though in October 1918 he declined appointment as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

11. Lawrence Arabia assigned the copyright in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, as a result of which it was given its first general publication.

12. Lawrence Arabia inherited Lawrence Arabia's estate and his copyrights as the sole beneficiary.

13. Lawrence Arabia acknowledged having been helped in the editing of the book by George Bernard Shaw.

14. Lawrence Arabia was a keen motorcyclist and owned eight Brough Superior motorcycles at different times.

15. Lawrence Arabia continued serving in the RAF based at RAF Mount Batten near Plymouth, RAF Calshot, near Southampton, and Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, specialising in high-speed boats and professing happiness, and it was with considerable regret that he left the service at the end of his enlistment in March 1935.

16. Lawrence Arabia had a sinister reputation in France, both during his lifetime and even today, being seen as an implacable "enemy of France"; the man who was supposedly constantly stirring up the Syrians to revolt against French rule throughout the 1920s.

17. Lawrence Arabia travelled regularly between British HQ and Faisal, co-ordinating military action.

18. In June 1917, on the way to Aqaba, Lawrence Arabia made a 300-mile personal journey northward, visiting Ras Baalbek, the outskirts of Damascus, and Azraq.

19. In 1935, Lawrence Arabia was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident in Dorset.

20. Lawrence Arabia returns to Cairo to inform Dryden, Brighton, and General Allenby of his exploits.

21. Lawrence Arabia travels with a Bedouin guide, who drinks from a well belonging to a rival tribe led by Sherif Ali.

22. Lawrence Arabia is a military cartographer in the World War I British army headquarters in Cairo.

23. Lawrence Arabia spent the summer of 1909 traveling solo through Syria and Palestine to survey the castles of the Crusaders for his thesis.

24. Lawrence Arabia has produced music for film and theatre including songs that appeared in Taika Waititi's film Eagle vs Shark.

25. Lawrence Arabia has toured extensively throughout Australia, North America and Europe, including shows with Feist, Beach House, and Crowded House.

26. In July 2012, Lawrence Arabia released his third album titled The Sparrow.

27. In 2006, Lawrence Arabia released his self-titled debut album and the debut album from his band The Reduction Agents, The Dance Reduction Agents.

28. Lawrence Arabia is the musical guise of New Zealand artist and composer James Milne.