Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia (119 page)

Doubleday’s suggestion of, 565

film rights to, 634, 667–69, 691–94

Garnett’s work on, 555, 558, 562, 565, 566–67, 575, 603, 614–15

Lawrence’s fame enhanced by, 623

Lawrence’s vacillation about, 573–75, 602, 614

Lawrence’s work on, 504, 610, 614–15

negotiations with publishers for, 566–67, 573, 575, 610

publication of (1927), 501, 555, 593n, 617, 622–24

quality of writing in, 615

serialization of, 617

Shaw’s ideas about, 565–67, 572

Rhys, Sir John, 173–74

Richards, Vyvyan W., 156–59

at Jesus College, 156

Lawrence as object of aÃection to, 157–58, 159, 161, 189, 210, 494

Lawrence’s correspondence with, 189, 214, 494

and Morris designs, 156–57, 159

and printing press scheme, 157, 178, 186, 189, 195, 197, 202, 214, 232, 494, 501

and
Seven Pillars
, 556–57

Richard the Lionheart, 32, 206

Richthofen, Manfred Freiherr von “Red Baron,” 356

Riyadh, ibn Saud’s capital at, 88, 279, 452–53, 484

RMS
Rajputana
, 635, 636–37,
636

Robertson, Sir William, 284

Robeson, Paul, 668

Rogers, Bruce, 643

Rolls (driver), 409, 427

Rommel, Erwin “Desert Fox,” 686

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 303n, 484

Ross, John Hume:

Lawrence’s RAF name, 542–43

see also
Royal Air Force

Rothenstein, Sir William, 508

Rothschild, Lord, 39, 463, 468

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 212

Royal Air Force (RAF):

air strips in the desert, 516

army compared with, 579–80, 602

at Bridlington, Yorkshire, 667, 669–70

Cadet College, Cranwell, 553, 606–9, 616, 624

at Cattewater, 635–36, 640–42

dirigibles, 646–48

“dumb insolence” in, 628

escape clause in, 541, 543, 564

esprit de corps in, 579

at Farnborough, 558–61, 568, 572, 575, 617, 629

at Felixstowe, 660–61

friction caused by Lawrence’s presence in, 628–30, 631, 634–35, 639–40

at Habbaniya, Iraq, 514–15

“Iris” III crash, 651–52

in Karachi, 621–22, 623–24

King’s Regulations
on, 628

Lawrence in the ranks of, as John Hume Ross, 535–39, 541–47, 564–65, 569, 572

Lawrence’s desire to re-enter, 602, 603

Lawrence’s discharge from, 574, 575–76

Lawrence’s overseas posting with, 616–17

Lawrence’s recommendations for reform of, 210

Lawrence’s re-entry into, as AC2/AC1 Shaw, 603, 605–9, 621–22, 624, 626, 633, 641, 658

Lawrence’s retirement from, 653, 659–60, 666, 667, 672

limitations of air travel in 1919, 482–83

Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, 660–61

’e Mint
about, 537, 541, 544, 547–54, 597–98, 619, 625, 633, 687

Mount Batten, 642, 646, 650, 651, 659–60

on Northwest Frontier, 631–34

photography school of, 553, 558, 559, 569

public attention to Lawrence in, 566–70, 574, 602, 617, 638–40, 660

RAF Benevolent Fund, 622

recruit training in, 547–54

rescue launches of, 641, 649, 650, 651, 652, 671

and Royal Flying Corps, 477, 514

Seaplane Tenders (200 Class), 409, 653

social class distinctions in, 536, 547, 669

and Trenchard, 514, 536

at Uxbridge, 605–6

at Waziristan, 631–34

Royal Engineers, 51

Royal Flying Corps (RFC):

and aerial photography, 286

and Arab Revolt, 52, 56, 311, 396, 409–10, 514

Handley-Page bombers of, 414–15, 477, 482, 606

history of, 597–98

reconnaissance flights of, 56

as Royal Air Force, 477, 514

and Turkish aircraft, 14, 52, 409–10

and Will’s death, 282

Royal Navy, 21, 223

and Alexandretta plan, 262

and attack on Wejh, 64, 65–66

oil needed for, 40

and World War I, 245

and Yenbo defense, 56, 59, 60

Royal Tank Corps (RTC), 576–81, 589, 591, 594, 597, 602

Ruawalla (Rualla) tribesmen, 403, 416, 423, 429

Russia:

abdication of the czar, 305

and allied shipping, 4

ambitions for Middle East, 12, 38, 39, 40, 81, 253, 270n, 279–80

assault on Erzurum, 283, 289, 291

Bolshevik regime in, 39, 280, 453

and the “great game,” 632

peace with Turkey, 381, 398

revolution (1917) in, 39, 280, 360

rumors about Lawrence in, 634–35

secret treaties published by, 39, 280, 360, 361, 437

and Sykes-Picot agreement, 39, 40, 81, 279–80, 413

Russian army, in World War I, 4, 10, 242, 246, 249–50, 269, 305

Russo-Turkish War (1877), 246

Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von, 584

Sackville-West, Vita, 274n, 583

Sade, Marquis de, 344, 584

St. Aldate’s Church Lads’ Brigade, 156

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 511

Salem (slave), 316, 317, 318

Salim Ahmed (Dahoum), 196

Salmond, Sir GeoÃrey:

and Lawrence in RAF, 537, 631, 635, 660–61

Lawrence’s letters to, 628

and RAF in India, 627, 635

as RFC commander, 396, 514

Salt, as military goal, 380, 391–92, 394, 395, 413

Salter Brothers, 223

Samuel, Sir Herbert, 520–22, 528

Sanders, Limon von, 411, 436

Sanders of the River
(film), 668

San Remo, Middle East discussions in, 504

Sassoon, Sir Philip, 650, 660, 670

Sassoon, Siegfried, 265, 321, 452, 589, 591, 641, 656, 679

Saudi Arabia, oil in, 483

Savage, Raymond, 567, 575

Saxe, Maurice de, 28, 366

Sayid Mohammed ibn Ali, 88

Sayyid Talib, 523

Sazonov, Sergey Dmitriyevich, 279–80

Scarlet Pimpernel, The
(film), 691

Schneider Trophy competitions, 642–43, 647, 648–50

Scipio, 373n

Scott, George C., 693–94

Serahin, sheikh of, 334

Serahin tribesmen, 334–35, 336, 337

Seven Pillars of Wisdom
(Lawrence), 212

on Abd el Kader, 328

abridged (“boy scout”) version of,
see Revolt in the Desert

and Allenby, 500, 593, 623

on the Arabs, 316, 499, 500–501

artwork and illustrations for, 504, 511, 513, 529, 562, 599, 615, 621

on Auda, 69, 80–81, 499

on Barrow, 427

on Carson incident, 362–63

on Chetwode, 577

copyright protection for, 495, 501, 592, 617n, 618

costs of producing, 131, 300, 529, 562, 592, 598, 601, 602, 613–14

critical reviews of, 622–23

on Daud and Farraj, 388–90, 393–94

dedication of, 497–99

on demolition activities, 220

on Deraa incident, 343–48, 349, 497, 538, 601–2

and fame, 623

on Feisal, 33, 499, 500

film rights to, 634, 668–69, 691–94

on Hamed’s execution, 72–73

income from, 558, 598, 603, 617, 622

on Lawrence’s army career, 49–50

Lawrence’s contradictory impulses regarding, 500–501, 610

Lawrence’s embellishments of truth in, 593

Lawrence’s maps in, 84

Lawrence’s obsession over, 497, 499–501, 538

Lawrence’s writing of, 471, 483, 485, 492, 494–501, 539–40

limited subscription edition, 495, 558, 562, 589, 591–93, 601, 602–3, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 617–18, 687

lost version of, 495–97, 500, 507

as major literary work, 537, 572, 622–24, 687

on military strategy, 74–75, 332–33

negotiations with publishers on, 501, 504, 554–55, 558, 565, 566–67, 571–72, 592–93, 598–602, 614

on Nuri’s appearance, 91

Oxford text (1922), 495, 687

on Paris Peace Conference, 462

places described in, 31

printing of, 539

publication of, 296, 617, 624, 687

and publicity, 555, 614, 617, 621, 634, 668

quality of writing, 139, 319, 322, 369, 409, 500, 557, 661, 662