T.E. LAWRENCE, CORRESPONDENCE WITH BERNARD AND CHARLOTTE SHAW 1928 by T. E. Lawrence, G. B. Shaw, Charlotte F. Shaw ( 9781873141434 )

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Title:

T.E. LAWRENCE, CORRESPONDENCE WITH BERNARD AND CHARLOTTE SHAW 1928

Volume:

Volume III

By:

T. E. Lawrence, G. B. Shaw, Charlotte F. Shaw

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£125.00
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ISBN 10:

1873141432

ISBN 13:

9781873141434

Publisher:

J AND N WILSON

Pub. date:

1 June, 2008

Edition:

First edition, limited to 702 copies.

Series:

T. E. Lawrence Letters 3

Pages:

264

Synopsis:

After T. E. Lawrence arrived at Karachi, in 1927, his correspondence with Charlotte Shaw settled down to weekly letters on both sides. She also sent him books, magazines, press-cuttings and gramophone records. This pattern continued during 1928. It was Lawrence's most regular and in many ways his most intimate correspondence. Most of his letters to Charlotte survive, and those from India were often long. He would fill one or two foolscap sheets, writing or typing on both sides and rarely leaving any paper blank. The result is a rich source of biographical information. During 1928 his mental balance continued to improve. Buoyed up by the success of 'Revolt in the Desert', he completed his second book 'The Mint', which contains some of his finest writing. He then began work on what was destined to become one of the most successful twentieth-century translations of Homer's 'Odyssey'. The officers responsible for his RAF work found him ready to take increased responsibility, so they gave him more demanding jobs. When he left Karachi two men were needed to replace him.The letters from May to December 1928 contain an unusual portrait of life at Miranshah, one of the smallest and most remote RAF stations in the British Empire. It was manned by a single Flight and he now dealt directly with his commanding officers. Some took him flying. Shortly after the final letter in this volume, Lawrence's presence near the Afghan frontier became an acute political embarrassment to the Government of India. With little warning he was posted back to England. The Shaw letters - Lawrence's largest known post-war correspondence - fill four of nine volumes of his correspondence with writers in this series. Each volume has an index by Hazel K. Bell. The Letters series is part of the scholarly fine-press edition of Lawrence's writings published for subscribers by Castle Hill Press. The four Shaw volumes were issued to subscribers between 2000 and 2009. They are no longer sold separately, but are available as a 4-volume set, either in the quarter-cloth series binding by The Fine Book Bindery (ISBN 9781873141052), or a full-cloth library binding (ISBN 9781873141526). These sets are issued without dust-jackets.

Illustrations:

photographs

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Imprint:

Castle Hill Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

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