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T.E. Lawrence was Oxford-educated and fascinated by archaeology as a child. After WWI began, Lawrence worked for Military Intelligence in London, where he became an expert in the Arab revolts, specifically in what were then the Turkish Provinces. After becoming British liaison officer, Lawrence eventually joined the Arab revolt. He was the bridge between the British and the Arabs during the invasion of Damascus. After the invasion, Lawrence returned to England, where he fought passionately for Arab independence. While the British Government had been well aware of his achievement, at the end of the war he was almost unknown to the general public. This changed in 1919 when an American journalist, Lowell Thomas, who had briefly visited Lawrence during the Revolt, was encouraged by Lawrence to write of the Arabs' fight for freedom. His romantic account of the Bible-land victories was a huge success in England and Lawrence quickly became a popular hero.
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