LAWRENCE’S “THE MINT”
&0 PUBLICATION IN BRITAIN FOR QUARTER OF CENTURY (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 19th December, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 17th December. Mr Raymond Savage, holder of the English copyright of Colonel T. E. Lawrence’s book “The Mint” when published in the United States, says there is no prospect of publication in Britain for a quarter of a century. Manuscript copies are at present locked in the Bank’s strong room. “Col. Lawrence told his brother before his death that he did not want the book published during the lifetime of anyone mentioned in it. I have read the book carefully several times and it is as near genius as the “Seven Pillars of Wisdom.’ ”
A few of Lawrence’s friends were allowed to read-the book during Lawrence’s lifetime. It is said that a number of changes in Air Force training routine were due toa high Air training routine were due to a high Air Ministry official perusing it.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 December 1936, Page 15
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