TY  - BOOK
N2  - "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.
AB  - "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.
T1  - A woman in Arabia :the writings of the Queen of the Desert /
AU  - Bell, Gertrude Lowthian,
AU  - Howell, Georgina,
CN  - DS208
CN  - DS208
N1  - Includes index.
ID  - 745125
KW  - Travelers
KW  - Women travelers
KW  - Archaeologists
KW  - Women archaeologists
KW  - Asianists
KW  - Women Asianists
KW  - Colonial administrators
KW  - Colonial administrators
SN  - 9780143107378
SN  - 0143107372
TI  - A woman in Arabia :the writings of the Queen of the Desert /
ER  -