ReadinII t1_iueiqs0 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Reply to comment by moodRubicund in Revealed: TE Lawrence felt ‘bitter shame’ over UK’s false promises of Arab self rule by Aboveground_Plush

Seems like it was a major plot point in the movie.

Gorazde t1_iugcoj5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:43 AM

In the movie, he's depicted as having been unaware of the Sykes–Picot Agreement and duped by his own side. In reality, he knew about it and was party himself to deceiving the Arabs.

Ariadnepyanfar t1_iugkuov wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:56 AM

And ashamed of his own part in that, so much so that he deliberately lived in obscurity after that.