
"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.
Published:
New York, New York :, Penguin Books,, [2015]
Copyright Date:
©2015
ISBN:
9780143107378
0143107372
0143107372
Branch Call Number:
956.0209 BEL
Characteristics:
xlv, 272 pages :,maps ;,20 cm.
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Add a CommentI was eager to read this book and was very disappointed: about half the book is the editor's comments and introductions; the editor - presumably a failed writer - doesn't know how to edit and thinks their job is to ostentatiously insert themselves into the book and co-write the book.