colonial administrators

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.

When interrogation experts arrive, the Magistrate is jolted into sympathy for their victims and an act of rebellion gets him imprisoned as an enemy of the state.

When interrogation experts arrive, the Magistrate is jolted into sympathy for their victims and an act of rebellion gets him imprisoned as an enemy of the state.

Tells the life story of eighteenth-century English general Thomas Gage, who fought alongside and against George Washington in the French and Indian War and the Revolution. Also includes a glossary, a chronology, a time line, and a selected bibliography.

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.

A biography of the Catholic baron who became the founder of the state of Maryland.