Syria
The Desert and the Sown
$47.09
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2020
Summary
‘You may rely upon one thing - I’ll never engage in creating kings again; it’s too great a strain.’
Gertrude Bell - traveller, scholar, archaeologist, spy - was one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East in the 20th century. With T.E. Lawrence, she was a significant force behind the Arab Revolt and was responsible for creating the boundaries of the modern state of Iraq, as well as installing the Hashemite dynasty, with Faisal I as king, in Iraq and Transjordan. Her knowledge …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838602307 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1838602305 |
| Author: | Gertrude Bell |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 124mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
“Her remarkable intellectual abilities and masculine demeanour make Persian Pictures, her first publication on an Eastern subject, all the more interesting.” - Geoffrey Nash
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell, CBE (1868-1926) was a writer, traveller, political officer, archaeologist and spy who helped forge the boundaries of the modern Middle East. Through her vivid writings, she brought the Arab world alive for countless people as she travelled to some of the region’s most inhospitable places.
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