Manuscript reveals dark side of Lawrence of Arabia’s sex life

Charles Davis writes “An unexpurgated version of T E Lawrence’s
Seven Pillars of Wisdom has fuelled claims
that the author was a sado-masochist.
The original 1922 edition of the wartime
masterpiece to be published next month
includes a lengthy account of Lawrence of
Arabia’s rape by Turkish forces which
scholars believe may have been invented for
his own “delectation”.
Much of Lawrence’s life is the subject of
debate but signs of his alleged sexual
deviancy first emerged when letters showed
he paid a man to beat him with birches. Philip Knightley, a Lawrence expert,
believes the rape scene in the latest version, which is 200 pages longer than
the 1926 original, bears the hallmarks of a fantasist.
Story at The Independent“

February 3, 2004 by Uncategorized 0

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