A woman in Arabia : the writings of the Queen of the Desert (Penguin classics)
by Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926 (Author)
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"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. Mount... Full description
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Howell, Georgina, 1942- (Editor)
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Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, > 1868-1926.
Travelers > Middle East > Biography.
Women travelers > Middle East > Biography.
Archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Women archaeologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography.
Colonial administrators > Middle East > Biography.