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Gertrude Bell

Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations

Gertrude Bell( )
Author: Howell, Georgina
ISBN:978-1-4299-3401-5
Publication Date:Apr 2010
Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Book Format:Ebook
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A marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical import 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 in 1868 into a world of privilege, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become...
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