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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to...
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- Paperback
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- ISBN
- 1400096197
- Book Title
- Desert Queen : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
- Topic
- Women, Asia / General, Essays & Travelogues, Political, Middle East / General
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 13.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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The definitive biography, mesmerizing and "richly textured " ( Chicago Tribune ), that inspired the acclaimed documentary, Letters from Baghdad. - With a new Afterword - " Desert Queen ...plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." -- The Boston Globe Here is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence's brawn. After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was, at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements -- a woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind. Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400096197
ISBN-13
9781400096190
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Desert Queen : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Women, Asia / General, Essays & Travelogues, Political, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Ds61.7.B37w35 2005
Edition Description
Revised Edition
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"A major figure in the creation of modern-day Iraq." Los Angeles Times " Desert Queen , as timely as today's headlines, plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." The Boston Globe "Wallach has done an outstanding job of bringing Gertrude Bell to life." The Dallas Morning News "A richly textured biography of a . . . woman who devoted her life to knowing the desert Arabs better, perhaps, than any other European of her day. . . . Wallach comfortably commands the tangled political and diplomatic history of the Middle East." Chicago Tribune , " A major figure in the creation of modern-day Iraq." - "Los Angeles Times" " Desert Queen, as timely as today's headlines, plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." - "The Boston Globe" " Wallach has done an outstanding job of bringing Gertrude Bell to life." - "The Dallas Morning News" " A richly textured biography of a . . . woman who devoted her life to knowing the desert Arabs better, perhaps, than any other European of her day. . . . Wallach comfortably commands the tangled political and diplomatic history of the Middle East." - "Chicago Tribune", "A major figure in the creation of modern-day Iraq." -"Los Angeles Times "Desert Queen, as timely as today's headlines, plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." -"The Boston Globe "Wallach has done an outstanding job of bringing Gertrude Bell to life." -"The Dallas Morning News "A richly textured biography of a . . . woman who devoted her life to knowing the desert Arabs better, perhaps, than any other European of her day. . . . Wallach comfortably commands the tangled political and diplomatic history of the Middle East." -"Chicago Tribune, "A major figure in the creation of modern-day Iraq." Los Angeles Times "Desert Queen, as timely as today's headlines, plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." The Boston Globe "Wallach has done an outstanding job of bringing Gertrude Bell to life." The Dallas Morning News "A richly textured biography of a . . . woman who devoted her life to knowing the desert Arabs better, perhaps, than any other European of her day. . . . Wallach comfortably commands the tangled political and diplomatic history of the Middle East." Chicago Tribune
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2005-277878
Dewey Decimal
956/.02/092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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Yes
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