Tales from the Queen of the Desert
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-19262015
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A woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time when very few subjects were even open to women. She went on to take an active interest in politics before embarking on her one-woman travels across the Middle East. She chronicled her journeys through Iraq, Persia, Syria and beyond and her important diplomatic work, with characteristic wit and incisiveness. Despite the many achievements of her working life, sadly her personal life was marred by losing the great love of her life, Major Charles Doughty-Wylie, from which she never recovered. She died in 1926 of an apparent overdose of sleeping pills. This is a selection of her writings and letters.
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Tales from the Queen of the Desert / Gertrude Bell.
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London : Hesperus Classics, 2015.
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304 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781843915478 (pbk)9781780944166 (ebook)
Dewey class:
828.8'08
Language:
English
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BRN:
214299
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