Well, I can help you with many of the letters at least. :) Book reference: Malcolm Brown (editor): The Letters of T.E. Lawrence. Dent, London 1988. (There are other editions, but this is my favourite.)
Book-wise, there is Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the magnum opus about the Arab revolt, of course, but imo his second book, The Mint (which was published under a pseudonym but these days of course is available under Lawrence at Penguin), is better as a start - less self conscious (and also much shorter). Also still in print: his translation of the Odyssey, which reads beautifully.
Film-wise, there is Lawrence of Arabia, which is one of my all time favourites independent from the subject because it's David Lean's awesome direction at its peak, and everyone who didn't get an Oscar for it (like young Peter O'Toole) was robbed, and the lesser known tv movie A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia (young Ralph Fiennes as T.E. Lawrence and pre-DS9 Siddig el Fadil aka Alexander Siddig as Feisal; takes place during the Paris peace conference). Here's a link to the start of the later. The opening monologue is from Seven Pillars, btw.
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Date: 2011-11-14 04:49 pm (UTC)Book-wise, there is Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the magnum opus about the Arab revolt, of course, but imo his second book, The Mint (which was published under a pseudonym but these days of course is available under Lawrence at Penguin), is better as a start - less self conscious (and also much shorter). Also still in print: his translation of the Odyssey, which reads beautifully.
Film-wise, there is Lawrence of Arabia, which is one of my all time favourites independent from the subject because it's David Lean's awesome direction at its peak, and everyone who didn't get an Oscar for it (like young Peter O'Toole) was robbed, and the lesser known tv movie A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia (young Ralph Fiennes as T.E. Lawrence and pre-DS9 Siddig el Fadil aka Alexander Siddig as Feisal; takes place during the Paris peace conference). Here's a link to the start of the later. The opening monologue is from Seven Pillars, btw.