Following Miss Bell
Travels Around Turkey in the Footsteps of Gertrude Bell
$35.62
- Paperback
396 pages
- Release Date
4 December 2023
Summary
Travel around Turkey in the footsteps of the great British archaelogist Gertrude Bell.
In 1889 Gertrude Bell, the great British archaeologist, writer and explorer, arrived in Constantinople (Istanbul) on the first of many visits to what is now Turkey. Over the next twenty-five years, she would travel the length and breadth of the country, climbing mountains Hasan and Cudi, crossing the Dicle (Tigris) on a raft of inflated goatskins and taking the earliest photographs …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781912716357 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1912716356 |
| Author: | Pat Yale |
| Publisher: | Trailblazer Publications |
| Imprint: | Trailblazer Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 396 |
| Release Date: | 4 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 497g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm |
| Series: | Trailblazer Guides |
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Pat Yales takes us on an epic adventure through time, space and the magical landscapes that bewitched a woman in the 1900s. Beautifully written, it entranced me uttlerly.
– Barbara Nadel * Author of the Inspector Ikmen series of crime novels *Yale’s book is a fine guide… She is a close observer and a dogged detective, determined to work out exactly where Bell stayed or what route she took. She switches adroitly between the close-up lens and the wide angle, and addresses the troubles of contemporary Turkey with a light touch, even though the thud and crash of bombs are never far off…. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
– Sara Wheeler * The Spectator *This meticulously researched and beautifully written travelogue reminded me of William Dalrymple’s ‘In Xanadu’ and ‘From the Holy Mountain’… Yale not only brings her subject to life, she also gifts us a fond and informed portrait of Turkey, its amazing heritage and its people.
– Virginia MaxwellAbout The Author
Pat Yale
Pat Yale studied history at Cambridge University before going to work in the travel industry. She then became a guidebook writer specialising in Turkey, primarily for Lonely Planet. Her articles have appeard in The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Time Out Istanbul and many other publications. After 20 years in a cave-house in Cappadocia, she now lives in Istanbul.
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