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Bell, Gertrude Lowthian

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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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2015

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

Howell, Georgina

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

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

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