Gertrude Lowthian Bell
Author
Publisher
Tauris Parke Paperbacks, an imprint of I.B.Tauris and Co Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
TRAVEL WRITING. Gertrude Bell traveller, scholar, archaeologist, spy was one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East in the 20th century. With T.E. Lawrence, she was a significant force behind the Arab Revolt and was responsible for creating the boundaries of the modern state of Iraq, as well as installing the Hashemite dynasty, with Faisal I as king, in Iraq and Transjordan. Her knowledge of the Arab world was forged through decades of travel...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Born to transcend the social constraints of Victorian England, Gertrude Bell left the comforts of her privileged life for the unconventional-but thrilling-world of the Middle East. One of the first women to graduate from Oxford, she traveled to Persia and became passionately drawn to the Arab people, the language, and their architecture. A skilled archeologist, historian, and linguist, Bell traveled the world and wrote compelling, perceptive accounts...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century and the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War I, Gertrude Bell turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was instrumental in drawing the...
