Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations

Georgina Howell

481 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel informative slow-paced
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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 Empi...

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