Claims seemingly given credence by newspaper interviews with privates of the Tank Corps who confessed to having had flogged Lawrence at his solicitation between 1925 to 1934, combined they set the seal on the alleged secret life of Lawrence of Arabia. In the wake of his being immortalized in the 1962 David Lean classic “Lawrence of Arabia” a host of other biographers rode Aldington’s coat tails, making the titillating claim that he had been both homosexual and sadomasochistic. The claim was first made by author Richard Aldington 20 years after his death, controversial at the time because none of Lawrence’s friends or family supported it. Often in recent years, the life and achievements of Lawrence have been somewhat overshadowed by controversial claims published in posthumous biographies concerning his sexual orientation, accusations that he had been a closet or self-repressed homosexual. As I was refreshing my memory last night, I remembered that there have been questions about Lawrence’s sexuality. I have a special interest in the First World War, so this is not the first time that I have researched Lawrence. As usual with a historical movie, I began to read more about Thomas Edward Lawrence. Last night I watched “Lawrence of Arabia” on Turner Classic Movies.
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