About this title: Gertrude Bell was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire and was the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. This work is a richly compelling portrait of a woman who transcended the restrictions of her class and times and created a remarkable and enduring legacy.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780374531355ISBN:0374531358
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. In great shape, looks like it's brand new, Softcover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 481 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 481 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2008-04-29
ISBN-13:9780374531355ISBN:0374531358
Description: Very Good. Softcover. Cover in very good condition with normal shelf and use wear. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text. No highlighting or pen/pencil marking. We ship daily. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780374531355. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780374531355ISBN:0374531358
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Description: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 481 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780374161620ISBN:0374161623
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Boards. Pp. xx, 482, (vi). Maps. Illustrated: (16) pp. of plates. Chronology. Notes. Checklist. Index. read more
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780374161620. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780374161620ISBN:0374161623
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hard Cover--FINE/FINE--Book and dust jacket are clean and bright. 481 pages with index and section of photography. First Edition w/full # string and original price present. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780374161620ISBN:0374161623
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Edition: First American Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780374161620ISBN:0374161623
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0374161623. New stated first American edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in very fine condition. Protective mylar cover.; 1.8 x 8.9 x 6.2 Inches; 512 pages. read more
"Am I just completely uneducated that I had no idea who this woman was before my aunt mentioned reading this book? Do other people recognize the name of Gertrude Bell? Well, we should! What an amazing woman: rock climber, archaeologist, explorer, writer, and major contributor to the establishment of an Iraqi government!
Her love life saddened me, both as an unfortunate situation for her (to fall in love with a married man) and as a horrible betrayal both on her part and the part of Doughty-Wylie (even if the relationship was never consummated, from a wife's perspective, still definitely cheating). But in every other way, she fascinated me and amazed me. Read about her. She's incredible.
Oh, and I loved that the author quoted both Bell and her contemporaries' thoughts about Bell so much. I admit I was a tad lost on all the tribes and people that she met, but the author did her best to keep me straight on them all and I certainly could follow the most important people in her life, so that was good enough. Fantastic biography!"
"I loved this book, this woman, and how much I learned from both of them. I did not know how much I did not know about the 1st World War. The events of this period are still reverberating today and this woman was in the thick of it all. It is a great story: an adventurous and extraordinary woman, a tragic romance, exotic desert travels, intrigue in the foreign service, and the heart-breaking history of the creation of the nation of Iraq. I was enthralled and inspired to learn more about her and this time period. I recommend this book highly."
"I am so enamoured with Gertride Bell, this is the third book I have read about her. Her life is so full, so active, and so unusual for the early 1900's when she was born. She is fearless in the face of the unknown and seeks challenges in every realm of her life.
"This is the fascinating biography of an Englishwoman adventurer who was tremendously important in the history of what we now call the Middle East early in the last century but who is generally unknown, never having sought (or received) any credit for her contributions.She discussed land boundaries and power sharing over tea and hookahs at a time when women never set foot in the tents of shieks, especially foreign women."
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