DESERT QUEEN : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia (Paperback)

from LynnB

Gertrude Bell was an explorer, fluent in Arabic, and a self-taught expert in Arabian culture and history. Following World War I, she designed the Constitution of Iraq, drew its borders, founded its national museum and advised King Faisal, who she also helped bring to power. She led an extraordina...

from lauralkeet

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was born to a privileged English family, educated at Oxford, and given the opportunity to travel to the Middle East as a young woman. The journey sparked a passion that led to her becoming the foremost expert on Middle Eastern affairs, and a key figure in establishing th...

from varielle

Gertrude Bell really was extraordinary. Because of the strictures on class of the day, and her intellect, which wouldn't allow her to brook any fools, her spinster's life took off in the middle east. Her voracious mind and adventurous spirit led her all over the waning Ottoman Empire. As the Brit...

from tangledthread

Gertrude Bell was an extraordinary woman for any time, but especially for the time in which she lived....the Victorian Era of England, through WWI, to 1924. Born into a wealthy industrialist family in northwest England in late mid 19th century, her mother died in childbirth when Gertrude was just...

from neringros

I am still not sure whether I loved this book. It was very interesting -I loved the character, but at the same time it didn't have much action and took me forever to read. The writing felt a bit like old school history book style to me. It didn't even have that many pictures, and I so love the ol...