Gertrude Bell

queen of the desert, shaper of nations

Chronicles the life of Gertrude Bell, discussing her privileged childhood in the 1870s, schooling at Oxford, involvement in archaeology and linguistics, literary and artistic contributions, world travels, interactions with the Cairo intelligence office during World War I, and other related topics.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2008
9780374531355
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