DESERT QUEEN by Janet Wallach

DESERT QUEEN by Janet Wallach

The definitive biography, mesmerizing and "richly textured " (Chicago Tribune), that inspired the acclaimed documentary, Letters from Baghdad. * With a new Afterword * "Desert Queen...plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia." --The Boston Globe

Here is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence's brawn. After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was, at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire.
 
In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements--a woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind.

Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure.

The Richest Lady in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age, as well as Seraglio and Chanel: Her Style and Her Life, are written by Janet Wallach. She coauthored three earlier Middle East works with her husband, John Wallach: The New Palestinians, Arafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder, and Still Tiny Voices: The True Heroes of the Arab-Israeli War. She currently resides in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9781400096190
ISBN 10	1400096197
Title	DESERT QUEEN
Author	Janet Wallach
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-07-12
Number of pages	464
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