The Resource Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations, Georgina Howell
Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations, Georgina Howell
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- Summary
- 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 into privilege in 1868, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and mountaineer. She traveled the globe several times, but her passion was the desert--her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the British government during World War I. As an army major on the front lines in Mesopotamia, she supported the creation of an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of the fledgling state.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xix, 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Originally published in 2006 by Macmillan, Great Britain, as Daugher of the desert"--T.p. verso
- Contents
-
- Gertrude and Florence
- Education
- The civilized woman
- Becoming a person
- Mountaineering
- Desert travel
- Dick Doughty-Wylie
- Limit of endurance
- Escape
- War work
- Cairo, Delhi, Basra
- Government through Gertrude
- Anger
- Faisal
- Coronation
- Staying and leaving
- Isbn
- 9780374161620
- Label
- Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations
- Title
- Gertrude Bell
- Title remainder
- queen of the desert, shaper of nations
- Statement of responsibility
- Georgina Howell
- Subject
-
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- trueBell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- trueBiographies
- Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueColonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Colonial administrators -- Middle East -- Biography
- trueHistory Writing -- Women's History
- trueHistory writing -- Middle East
- trueLife stories -- People in history
- trueMiddle East -- History -- 20th century
- Women Asianists -- Biography
- trueWomen archaeologists
- Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueWomen travelers
- trueWomen travelers -- Middle East -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 into privilege in 1868, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and mountaineer. She traveled the globe several times, but her passion was the desert--her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the British government during World War I. As an army major on the front lines in Mesopotamia, she supported the creation of an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of the fledgling state.--From publisher description
- Summary
- An account of the adventure-filled life of Gertrude Bell describes how a woman transcended the restrictions of her gender, class, and era to become a renowned world traveler, archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and mountaineer, and played a key role in the history of the Middle East
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2008.
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 203293
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Howell, Georgina
- Dewey number
-
- 956/.02092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA566.9.B39
- LC item number
- H69 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian
- Women travelers
- Women archaeologists
- Women Asianists
- Colonial administrators
- Colonial administrators
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- queen of the desert, shaper of nations
- Label
- Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations, Georgina Howell
- Link
- Note
- "Originally published in 2006 by Macmillan, Great Britain, as Daugher of the desert"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [453]-460) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Gertrude and Florence -- Education -- The civilized woman -- Becoming a person -- Mountaineering -- Desert travel -- Dick Doughty-Wylie -- Limit of endurance -- Escape -- War work -- Cairo, Delhi, Basra -- Government through Gertrude -- Anger -- Faisal -- Coronation -- Staying and leaving
- Control code
- 13981973
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xix, 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374161620
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2006029994
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (InCu)678594BE0E6D430583E8252187508119
- (OCoLC)ocm71312918
- (OCoLC)71312918
- Label
- Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations, Georgina Howell
- Link
- Note
- "Originally published in 2006 by Macmillan, Great Britain, as Daugher of the desert"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [453]-460) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Gertrude and Florence -- Education -- The civilized woman -- Becoming a person -- Mountaineering -- Desert travel -- Dick Doughty-Wylie -- Limit of endurance -- Escape -- War work -- Cairo, Delhi, Basra -- Government through Gertrude -- Anger -- Faisal -- Coronation -- Staying and leaving
- Control code
- 13981973
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xix, 481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374161620
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2006029994
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (InCu)678594BE0E6D430583E8252187508119
- (OCoLC)ocm71312918
- (OCoLC)71312918
Subject
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- trueBell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926
- trueBiographies
- Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueColonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Colonial administrators -- Middle East -- Biography
- trueHistory Writing -- Women's History
- trueHistory writing -- Middle East
- trueLife stories -- People in history
- trueMiddle East -- History -- 20th century
- Women Asianists -- Biography
- trueWomen archaeologists
- Women archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueWomen travelers
- trueWomen travelers -- Middle East -- Biography
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