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Australian couple who bought a crumbling French Château after seeing just FOUR of its 94 rooms reveal the results of their painstaking restoration so far... but admit 'this is a lifelong commitment' Karen and Craig Waters, from Perth, in Western Australia, bought a Château in the south of France in 2013 Since then, the ambitious couple have spent the past four years renovating the level one historical monument Slowly and steadily, they have been learning the property's secrets, and re-building their dream property They stumbled upon the property by chance - 'We were hooked on the promise of another life,' Ms Waters said FEMAIL spoke to Ms Waters about the work they've already done - and what is still left to do on the Château It started off as a pipe dream - to buy a French farmhouse and holiday home for their family of four to spend the summers in.  Now, nearly four years later, Karina and Craig Waters, from Perth in Western Australia, a...
Lawrence of Arabia and dignitaries, 1921 The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from  the Library of Congress  website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation.The original image is titled  Sir Herbert Samuel's second visit to Transjordan, etc. Sir Herbert, Col. Lawrence, Emir Abdullah. Sir Thomas Lawrence: The Calmady Children. Metropolitan Museum. New York   Thomas Edward Lawrence,  CB ,  DSO  (16 August 1888 [5]   — 19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a  British Army  officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the  Sinai and Palestine Campaign and the  Arab Revolt  against  Ottoman Turkish  rule of 1916–18. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title which was used f...