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- 2006029994 abstract "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 archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and mountaineer. She traveled the globe several times, but her passion was the desert--her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the British government during World War I. As an army major on the front lines in Mesopotamia, she supported the creation of an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of the fledgling state.--From publisher description.".
- 2006029994 alternative "Daughter of the desert".
- 2006029994 contributor B10441649.
- 2006029994 created "2007.".
- 2006029994 date "2007".
- 2006029994 date "2007.".
- 2006029994 dateCopyrighted "2007.".
- 2006029994 description "Gertrude and Florence -- Education -- The civilized woman -- Becoming a person -- Mountaineering -- Desert travel -- Dick Doughty-Wylie -- Limit of endurance -- Escape -- War work -- Cairo, Delhi, Basra -- Government through Gertrude -- Anger -- Faisal -- Coronation -- Staying and leaving".
- 2006029994 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-460) and index.".
- 2006029994 description "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 archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and mountaineer. She traveled the globe several times, but her passion was the desert--her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the British government during World War I. As an army major on the front lines in Mesopotamia, she supported the creation of an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of the fledgling state.--From publisher description.".
- 2006029994 extent "xix, 481 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- 2006029994 identifier "0374161623 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- 2006029994 identifier "9780374161620 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- 2006029994 identifier 2006029994-b.html.
- 2006029994 identifier 2006029994-d.html.
- 2006029994 identifier 2006029994-s.html.
- 2006029994 identifier 2006029994.html.
- 2006029994 issued "2007".
- 2006029994 issued "2007.".
- 2006029994 language "eng".
- 2006029994 publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
- 2006029994 spatial "Great Britain".
- 2006029994 spatial "Middle East".
- 2006029994 subject "956/.02092 B 22".
- 2006029994 subject "Archaeologists Great Britain Biography.".
- 2006029994 subject "Asianists Biography.".
- 2006029994 subject "Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926.".
- 2006029994 subject "Colonial administrators Great Britain Biography.".
- 2006029994 subject "Colonial administrators Middle East Biography.".
- 2006029994 subject "DA566.9.B39 H69 2007".
- 2006029994 subject "Travelers Middle East Biography.".
- 2006029994 subject "Women Asianists Biography.".
- 2006029994 subject "Women archaeologists Great Britain Biography.".
- 2006029994 subject "Women travelers Middle East Biography.".
- 2006029994 tableOfContents "Gertrude and Florence -- Education -- The civilized woman -- Becoming a person -- Mountaineering -- Desert travel -- Dick Doughty-Wylie -- Limit of endurance -- Escape -- War work -- Cairo, Delhi, Basra -- Government through Gertrude -- Anger -- Faisal -- Coronation -- Staying and leaving".
- 2006029994 title "Daughter of the desert".
- 2006029994 title "Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations / Georgina Howell.".
- 2006029994 type "text".