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[ Colonel T. E. Lawrence, the Mystery Man of Arabia. Frontispiece ]

[ The “Uncrowned King” of the Arabs on the Governor’s balcony in Jerusalem ]

[ General Ronald Storrs, Governor of the Holy City, and modern successor to Pontius Pilate ]

[ Date-palms along the coral shore of Araby ]

[ Lawrence at headquarters in Cairo ]

[ The archaeologist and poet who turned soldier ]

[ Map of the region covered by this narrative ]

[ A Muezzin calling the faithful to prayer ]

[ Hussein I ]