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Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations

Howell, Georgina

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Summary: She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born into privilege in 1868, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BELL, GERTRUDE HOW

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