Wallach, Janet,
Desert queen the extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell, adventurer, adviser to kings, ally of Lawrence of Arabia / Print Janet Wallach. - Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2005. - xxii, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Hardback book.
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.
1400096197
9781400096190 51595
2005277878
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian 1868-1926
Women Orientalists
Colonial administrators--Great Britain
Colonial administrators Arab world -- History.--Middle East
956.02092 Wal 15
Desert queen the extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell, adventurer, adviser to kings, ally of Lawrence of Arabia / Print Janet Wallach. - Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2005. - xxii, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Hardback book.
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.
1400096197
9781400096190 51595
2005277878
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian 1868-1926
Women Orientalists
Colonial administrators--Great Britain
Colonial administrators Arab world -- History.--Middle East
956.02092 Wal 15