May 19, 2013

This day in history:
On 19th May 1935, T.E. Lawrence died from head injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident, when he swerved to avoid two boys on bicycles. T.E. Lawrence was better known in his lifetime as 'Lawrence of Arabia' because of the dashing role he had in helping Arabs against the Turks during World War I. At 31 Lawrence was an international celebrity but embittered by his country's policy he chose obscurity and died at the age of 46 A strange fact is that since 1922, there has either been a book published by T E Lawrence or one written about him, and in some years there were more than two books - There are more than 87 books on Lawrence, two films, and a stage play by Terence Rattigan, plus numerous radio programmes, and tributes. read more