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Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell
Author: Georgina Howell
"This excellent biography of Gertrude Bell, the woman behind the creation of modern Iraq, goes far towards making her a true heroine, a Gertrude of Arabia to match her friend, T. E. Lawrence.... With a skill and clarity worthy of her heroine, Ms. Howell evokes the diversity of religions, interests and traditions that Gertrude Bell understood so ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780739490907
ISBN-10: 0739490907
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 481
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Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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I thought this was a great book. I learned so much about Miss Bell herself, but also about the culture and politics of the Middle East during the 1880s-1920s. It is well-written and finally gives some credit to this woman that most of the Western World has never heard of.


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