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Documentary - 90 mins
Audience - General
Classification - Exempt
Region - 2
Format - PAL
Language - English

Product weight 120g

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Thomas Edward Lawrence, the second of five illegitimate sons, was educated at Oxford and, from an early age, was fascinated by archaeology. At the beginning of 1914 he took part in an expedition to Sinai where he became fluent in Arabic and developed a deep sympathy for the Arabs who lived under Turkish rule.

In June 1916, after 400 years of oppression, the Arabs began a revolt throughout the Arabian Peninsula to gain independence from the Ottoman Empire. The British supported the uprising with arms, money and the presence of 27 year old military intelligence officer Captain T. E. Lawrence. He proved an inspirational leader and highly skilled at guerrilla warfare in the desert wasteland of Arabia. For over two years he was the guiding force behind the Arab Revolt which would change the face of the Middle East forever. His meeting with American journalist Lowell Thomas made him an international hero and inspired the legendary film, Lawrence of Arabia

Drawing on accounts of Lawrence’s literary masterpiece, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, as well as insight from historians and authors, this is the incredible story of one of the most talented and enigmatic figures of the twentieth century.

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