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Gertrude Bell : Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Gertrude Bell : Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations about?
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 Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born in 1868 into a world of privilege, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy, Arabist,
Who reads Gertrude Bell : Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Georgina Howell
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781429934015
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, History, Historical
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (1,556 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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