 Tooling on the cover of the first public printing, showing twin scimitars and the legend: "the sword also means clean-ness + death" | |
| Author | T. E. Lawrence |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | private edition |
Publication date | 1926 (completed 1922) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| ISBN | 0-9546418-0-9 |
| OCLC | 54675462 |
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918.
It was completed in February 1922, but first published in December 1926[1] originally published for the US Market in 1927 as Revolt in the Desert and is the only version that was commercially released while he was alive. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1935) is a longer form of the book at almost double the page count and released to the international market.[2]
- ^ Lawrence, T. E. (2008), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Random House, pp. 16–, ISBN 978-0-09-951178-6
- ^ Newman, Steven (7 March 2022). "T. E. Lawrence — Revolt in the Desert". Medium.com.