A manuscript has recently resurfaced which solves a minor mystery in the composition of Lawrence’s preface to Revolt in the Desert (1927)
https://www.carpelibrumbooks.com/george-bernard-shaw-ghostwrites-a-preface-for-t-e-lawrence
Literary historians and biographers such as Stanley Weintraub and Jeremy Wilson have expressed bewilderment at how the version Lawrence published came to differ so much from his first draft. This manuscript — which I would prefer to see placed in a collection that scholars can access — reveals the depths of Shaw’s involvement. – Bradford Verter
