DESERT QUEEN: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence...

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Janet Wallach

DESERT QUEEN

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The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia...

Janet Wallach

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Anchor Books
12 July 2005

Biography; Biography: general; Biography: historical, political & military; Military history; Gender studies: women; Political leaders & leadership; Geographical discovery & exploration

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.

By: Janet Wallach
Imprint: Anchor Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9781400096190
ISBN 10: 1400096197
Pages: 425
Publication Date: 12 July 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for DESERT QUEEN: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

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