1868-1926

"Takes readers through the life story of influential English archaeologist and traveler Gertrude Bell. Bell explored what is now the Middle East and played a significant role in the creation of modern Iraq. Historical facts, images, and high-interest information are presented in a tabloid-style to engage readers in an accessible way. Topics include Bell's work in archaeology, her mountain summits, and her role in World War One."--Provided by publisher.

Biography of Gertrude Bell, a Victorian woman who sought adventure in Arab lands, writing several popular books about her travels, and becoming indispensable to Lawrence of Arabia and British intelligence during World War I and in the peace negotiations that followed.

Schoolteacher Agnes Shanklin sets off on the trip of a lifetime, touring Egypt and the Holy Land in 1921, and finds herself pulled into the drama surrounding the Cairo Peace Conference, where she witnesses history being made as the fate of that Arab world is decided.

Chronicles the life of Gertrude Bell, the Englishwoman who explored the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and played an important role in the founding of Iraq, helping to choose its first king and creating the Baghdad Museum.

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.