A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert / Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell.
2015
DS208 .B35 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert / Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell.
Uniform Title
Works. Selections (2015)
ISBN
9780143107378 (paperback)
0143107372 (paperback)
0143107372 (paperback)
Published
New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
xlv, 272 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Call Number
DS208 .B35 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
956.02/092
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.
Note
Includes index.
Added Author
Howell, Georgina, 1942- editor.
Series
Penguin classics.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.