Desert Queen the Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell Adventurer, Advisor to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- List Price: $15.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 1
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Publish date: 07/01/1999
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Turning away from the privileged world of the "eminent Victorians, " Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) explored, mapped, and excavated the world of the Arabs -- earning the trust of sheiks and chieftains along the way. 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.
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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 a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure.
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