Gertrude Bell

by Susan Goodman

Overview

During her lifetime the name of Gertrude Bell evoked rich images of the exotic and mysterious Arab world. But her fame faded and now she is remembered only as a friend and colleague of T.E. Lawrence. She was an intrepid traveller, jourbaneying alone through the deserts of the Middle East or scaling testing peaks in the Swiss Alps. Later, as a British political officer in Baghdad, where she died and is buried, she was able to play a considerable role in determining the future of Mesopotamia, later to be called Iraq.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780907582861
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Series:	Women's Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Susan Goodman is a Senior Member of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.