He saw me shivering, partly I think, with cold, and made it… - T. E. Lawrence

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He saw me shivering, partly I think, with cold, and made it whistle over my ear, taunting me that before his tenth cut I would howl for mercy, and at the twentieth beg for the caresses of the Bey; and then he began to lash me madly across and across with all his might, while I locked my teeth to endure this thing which lapped itself like flaming wire about my body.

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Thomas Edward Lawrence [T. E. Lawrence] (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer known for his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Commonly referred to as Lawrence of Arabia, he adopted T. E. Shaw as a pseudonym.

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Pen Names: John Hume Ross • Thomas Edward Shaw • Laurence d'Arabie

Native Name: Thomas Edward Lawrence

Alternative Names: Lawrence of Arabia • of Arabia Lawrence • T.E. Lawrence

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