Queen of the Desert, 9781447286264
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Defying convention, one woman shaped nations and became Queen of the Desert.

Queen of the Desert

the extraordinary life of gertrude bell

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  • Paperback

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    28 February 2015

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Summary

The Uncrowned Queen: Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Arabia

Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer, and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege. But she turned her back on it all for her passion for the Arab peoples, becoming the architect of the independent kingdom of Iraq and seeing its first king, Faisal, safely onto the throne in 1921.

Queen of the Desert is her story, vividly told a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781447286264
ISBN-10:144728626X
Author:Georgina Howell
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Pan Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Edition:Main Market Ed.
Release Date:28 February 2015
Weight:386g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 36mm
About The Author

Georgina Howell

Georgina Howell began working in magazine journalism at the age of seventeen. She was Fashion Editor of the Observer, Features Editor of Vogue, Deputy Editor of Tatler and a principal feature writer for the Sunday Times. She lives in London and Brittany.

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