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A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert Cover Image Book Book

A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert

Bell, Gertrude Lowthian 1868-1926 (Author). Howell, Georgina, 1942- (Added Author).

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.

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  • ISBN: 0143107372
  • ISBN: 9780143107378
  • Physical Description: xlv, 272 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2015.

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Includes index.
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20160115.

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