An edition of Gertrude Bell (2007)

Gertrude Bell

  • 3 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 3 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
February 28, 2023 | History
An edition of Gertrude Bell (2007)

Gertrude Bell

  • 3 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born into privilege in 1868, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and mountaineer. She traveled the globe several times, but her passion was the desert--her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the British government during World War I. As an army major on the front lines in Mesopotamia, she supported the creation of an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of the fledgling state.--From publisher description.

Publish Date

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell
2008, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Paperback
Cover of: Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
April 17, 2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xix, 481 pages, [16] pages of plates
Dimensions
21 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25897187M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780374531355
ISBN 13
9780374531355

Links outside Open Library

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
February 28, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
February 28, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
February 9, 2023 Edited by BWBImportBot Modified local IDs, source records
January 14, 2023 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
March 19, 2016 Created by Jennifer L. Walton Added new book.