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A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert
- Title
- A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert / Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell.
- Author
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- Publication
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Howell, Georgina, 1942-
- Description
- xlv, 272 pages : maps; 20 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Penguin Classics
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections. 2015
- Penguin classics.
- Alternative Title
- Works. 2015
- Subjects
- Women Asianists > Biography
- Travelers > Middle East > Biography
- Asianists > Biography
- Women archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography
- Women travelers > Middle East > Biography
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography
- Archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography
- Colonial administrators > Middle East > Biography
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction by Georgina Howell -- Note on the text and acknowledgments -- Chronology -- A Woman in Arabia. 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 -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFD 15-3602
- ISBN
- 0143107372
- 9780143107378
- OCLC
- 881869814
- 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.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Penguin ClassicsPenguin classics.
- Added Author
- Howell, Georgina, 1942- editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-3602