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
- 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.