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The desert and the sown / Gertrude Bell ; new introduction by Sarah Graham-Brown.
- Title
- The desert and the sown / Gertrude Bell ; new introduction by Sarah Graham-Brown.
- Author
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, 1987.
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- Description
- xviii, 347 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Born to transcend the social constraints of Victorian England, Gertrude Bell left the comforts of her privileged life for the unconventional world of the Middle East. One of the first women to graduate from Oxford, she traveled to Persia and became drawn to the Arab people, the language, and their architecture. A skilled archeologist, historian, and linguist, Bell traveled the world and wrote compelling accounts of her journeys. This book is an account of personal discovery and political history, tracing her 1905 sojourn through Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. "The female Lawrence of Arabia" offers intriguing images from her often dangerous "wild travel" through regions never seen by another foreign woman. Photos illustrate camel caravans; ruins of castles and monasteries; local markets and bazaars; Damascus with its gardens, domes, and minarets; and more. But it's Bell's impressions and conversations with contacts and confidantes of varied cultures that hold you captive.
- Series Statement
- Virago/Beacon travelers
- Uniform Title
- Syria, the desert and the sown
- Virago/Beacon travelers
- Alternative Title
- Syria, the desert and the sown
- Subject
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926 > Journeys > Middle East
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926 > Travel > Middle East
- Manners and customs
- Cultural Characteristics
- Syria > Description and travel
- Syria > Social life and customs
- Lebanon > Description and travel
- Lebanon > Social life and customs
- Palestine > Description and travel
- Palestine > Social life and customs
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies
- Note
- Reprint. Originally published: W. Heinemann, 1907.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. xviii.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0807070319 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^87047527^
- OCLC
- 15791370
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library