Desert queen
by Wallach, Janet,
Edition statement:Anchor Books ed. Published by : Anchor Books, (New York :) Physical details: xxii, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. ISBN:1400096197.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 956.02092 Wal (Browse shelf) | Available | Muriel S. Gregory | 88298 |
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| 956 Med The medieval reader | 956 Mul The loom of history. | 956 Yal The near east | 956.02092 Wal Desert queen | 956.04 Cho Middle East illusions | 956.046 Enn Assault on the Liberty | 956.054 Eng And then all hell broke loose |
Biography.
Includes Index and Bibliography
A Victorian --
Of great and honored stock --
A man's world --
An ill-fated marriage --
Flight --
First steps in the desert --
A different challenge --
The desert and the sown --
Women's rights --
Lawrence --
Dick --
Toward Hayil --
Prisoner in Arabia --
Rumblings of war --
A tragic end --
Escape to the East --
A remarkably clever women --
A messy situation --
An independent woman --
Baghdad --
Disarray --
Paris and the Arab question --
The Arab mood --
A change of thinking --
Desert storms --
A taste of England --
The clash --
An unpleasant victory --
Cox returns --
The Cairo Conference --
Resistance --
Faisal --
The King --
Ken --
Farewell to Cox --
Troubles --
To sleep.
Turning away from the privileged world of the "eminent Victorians" Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) explored, mapped, and excavated the world of the Arabs. Recruited by British intellignece during World War I, she played a crucial rose 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 th emost powerful woman in the British Empire.