Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia book by Janet Wallach
By Janet WallachDesert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia book by Janet Wallach
Turning away from the privileged world of the "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) explored, mapped, and excavated the world of the Arabs. 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 wit 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.
Book details
- Hardcover
- 425 pages
- English
- 0385474083
- 9780385474085
About Janet Wallach
janet wallach is the author of the richest woman in america: hetty green in the gilded age, as well as seraglio and chanel: her style and her life. she is Read More about Janet Wallach
More Books By Janet Wallach
People who bought this also bought
The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience book by Hillary Rodham Clinton
New Book
Net Gain : Expanding Markets through Virtual Communities
Used Book
Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping book by Matthew Salesses
New Book
Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China?s Push for Global Power book by Howard W. French
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds book by Michael Lewis
New Book
The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary book by Joseph Michelli
New Book
Security Analysis, Seventh Edition: Principles and Techniques book by Benjamin Graham
New Book
The Sampler: Ten Life-Enhancing Concepts Right at Your Fingertips
Used Book
The Christ Commission: Will One Man Discover Proof That Every Christian in the World Is Wrong? book by Og Mandino
New Book
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew : From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England
Used Book
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True book by Richard Dawkins
New Book
The Shroud and the Grail: A Modern Quest for the True Grail book by Noel Currer-Briggs
Used Book
How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be book by Katy Milkman
New Book
Kitaaba Waaqa: Ka afaani Boranatini t'aafani (Borana Bible)
New Book
The Holy Bible [English Standard Version Mission Edition]
New Book
The Psychology of Selling: Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible
New Book
The Entrepreneur Mind: 100 Essential Beliefs, Characteristics, and Habits of Elite Entrepreneurs by Kevin D. Johnson
New Book
The Sable and Rosenfeld Elegant Entertaining Cookbook book by Myra Sable
Used Book
The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to Johnson Book by Steve Richards
New Book
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone book by Martin Dugard
New Book
The Success Principles : How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Book by Jack Canfield
New Book
Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 book by Saul David
New Book
Stuarts' Field Guide to Game and Nature Reserves of East Africa (Struik Nature Field Guides) book by Chris Stuart
New Book