Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations

Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations /

She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born into privilege in 1868, Bell turned...

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Main Author: Howell, Georgina, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, > 1868-1926.
Women travelers > Middle East > Biography.
Women archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Women Asianists > Biography.
Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography.
Colonial administrators > Middle East > Biography.
Women travelers.
Women archaeologists.
Women Asianists.
Colonial administrators.
Middle East.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
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