Seven Pillars of Wisdom
autobiography of British soldier T. E. Lawrence
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Summary
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,309 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: T. E. Lawrence[3]
- Illustrator: Eric Kennington[4], Augustus John[5], Blair Hughes-Stanton[6], Cosmo Clark[7], Edward Wadsworth[8], Paul Nash[9], Gertrude Hermes[10]
- Genre: autobiography[11]
- Place of publication: United Kingdom[12]
- Commons category: Seven Pillars of Wisdom[13]
- Language of work or name: English[14]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[15]
- Publication date: 1922[16], 1926[17]
- Has edition or translation: Q16029876[18], Q132686631[19], Q137849111[20]
- Narrative location: Arabian Peninsula[21]
- Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/t-e-lawrence/seven-pillars-of-wisdom[22]
- Title: Seven Pillars of Wisdom[23]
- Subtitle: A Triumph[24]
- Native label: Seven Pillars of Wisdom[25]
- First line: Some Englishmen, of whom Kitchener was chief, believed that a rebellion of Arabs against Turks would enable England, while fighting Germany, simultaneously to defeat her ally Turkey.[26]
- Last line: Fantasies, these will seem, to such as are able to call my beginning an ordinary effort.[27]
- Derivative work: Lawrence of Arabia[28]
- Copyright status: public domain[29]
- Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 940.4153[30]
- Library of Congress Classification (works and editions): D568.4 .L4[31]
- Indexer: Hazel K. Bell[32]
Why It Matters
Seven Pillars of Wisdom has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]