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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to...
by Wallach, Janet | PB | Good
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
- Book
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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
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
- Topic
- Women, Asia / General, Essays & Travelogues, Political, Middle East / General
- Item Weight
- 13.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400096197
ISBN-13
9781400096190
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44125438
Product Key Features
Book Title
Desert Queen : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Women, Asia / General, Essays & Travelogues, Political, Middle East / General
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"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
Lccn
2005-277878
Dewey Decimal
956/.02/092 B
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Lc Classification Number
Ds61.7.B37w35 2005
Copyright Date
2005
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