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Author Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926, author

Title A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert / Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE B B4335b-w 2015    AVAILABLE  
Phys Descr xlv, 272 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Series Penguin classics
Penguin classics
Note Includes index
Contents The linguist -- The poet -- The "person" -- The mountaineer -- The archaeologist -- The desert traveler -- The lover -- The prisoner -- The war worker -- The intrusives -- The nation builder -- The kingmaker -- The courtier
Summary "A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century and the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War I, Gertrude Bell turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was instrumental in drawing the borders that define today's Middle East. As she wrote in one of her letters, "It's a bore being a woman when you are in Arabia." Forthright and spirited, opinionated and playful, and deeply instructive about the Arab world, this volume brings together Bell's letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writings to offer an intimate look at a woman who shaped nations."--Back cover
Subject Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945
Middle East -- History -- 20th century
Travelers -- Middle East -- Biography
Women travelers -- Middle East -- Biography
Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Asianists -- Biography
Women Asianists -- Biography
Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
Colonial administrators -- Middle East -- Biography
Alt Author Howell, Georgina, 1942- editor
Alt Title Works. Selections. 2015
OCLC # 881869814
ISBN # 9780143107378
0143107372