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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Gertrude Bell was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire. Born into privilege in 1868, Bell became an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, and mountaineer. Her vast knowledge of the Middle East 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...
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