A woman in Arabia, the writings of the Queen of the Desert, Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell
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- Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Women Asianists -- Biography
- Colonial administrators -- Middle East -- Biography
- Women travelers -- Middle East -- Biography
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Travelers -- Middle East -- Biography
- Asianists -- Biography
- Middle East -- History -- 20th century
- Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945
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A woman in Arabia, the writings of the Queen of the Desert, Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell
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eng
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autobiography
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
A woman in Arabia
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881869814
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Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell
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Penguin classics
Sub title
the writings of the Queen of the Desert
Summary
"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 borders that define today's Middle East. As she wrote in one of her letters, "It's a bore being a woman when you are in Arabia." Forthright and spirited, opinionated and playful, and deeply instructive about the Arab world, this volume brings together Bell's letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writings to offer an intimate look at a woman who shaped nations."--Back cover
Table of contents
A woman in Arabia. The linguist ; The poet ; The "person" ; The mountaineer ; The archaeologist ; The desert traveler ; The lover ; The prisoner ; The war worker ; The intrusives ; The nation builder ; The kingmaker ; The courtier
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