Revolt in Arabia -- In search of a prophet -- Lawrence meets Feisal -- The kingmaker's dream -- A Turkish reverse -- Advance in the Hejaz -- Wejh captured -- Gathering the tribes -- Abdulla disappoints -- Going it alone -- Akaba captured -- Allenby meets Lawrence -- Railway raiding -- North to Azrak -- Failure at Yarmuk -- Capture and torture -- Battle at Tafileh -- Attempted abdication -- Advance and withdrawal -- Feisal disowned -- Self-analysis -- Clipping the enemy's arteries -- Massacre and counter-massacre -- Damascus -- Exit and re-entry -- Confusion and conference -- A Syrian tragedy -- Backing into the limelight -- Atonement in Arabia -- "Seven pillars of wisdom" -- Reduced to the ranks -- "Per ardua ad astra" -- The motive