Queen of the Desert
The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell
$24.30
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2015
Summary
Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer, and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege and plenty. She turned her back on all that for her passion for the Arab peoples, becoming the architect of the independent kingdom of Iraq and seeing its first king, Faisal, safely onto the throne in 1921.
Queen of the Desert is her story, vividly told and impeccably researched, drawing on Gertrude’s own writings, both p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781447286264 |
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| ISBN-10: | 144728626X |
| Author: | Georgina Howell |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Georgina Howell
Georgina Howell began working in magazine journalism at the age of seventeen. She was Fashion Editor of the Observer, Features Editor of Vogue, Deputy Editor of Tatler and a principal feature writer for the Sunday Times. She lives in London and Brittany.
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