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Title: Desert Queen : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally ofLawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach ISBN: 0-385-49575-7 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 15 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (24 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Gertrude Bell as Victorian Victim
Comment: The most interesting life and times of Gertrude Bell are lost in this steamy, bodice ripper masquerading as biography. For entertainment, not a bad choice. For anyone interested in Ms. Bell or the history of Iraq during the Mandate Period, look elsewhere.
Rating: 4
Summary: A briiliant analyst but flawed strategist
Comment: A well researched book and,if you are interested in understanding Miss Bell, a deep portrait of a superb mind which could be unwisely influenced by those (males) she respected.
Ms Wallach is on the side of Miss Bell but wisely acts mostly as a narrator without pushung her agenda too hard.
That Gertrude Bell knew Iraq better than anyone, including the Iraquis, is not an issue but it also can be said that she bears a huge responsibilty for future tragedies. Locked into the dream of a united Iraq she forcefully slammed together three different cultures, brought in a king who had no business there and denied the Kurds their autonomy, therefore establishing over 80 years of bloodletting and instability.Not that it might have been better in any course of action!
One wonders whether her friend, Van Ess, was better equipped to really understand Iraq practically.
But what a mind..what a woman! Her White paper on Mesopotamia should be required reading for all governments dealing with Iraq.
Rating: 5
Summary: El Khatun: The Lady of the Desert
Comment: Advisor to the Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia and probably one of the most influential women of the early twentieth century. Gertrude Bell was an amazing woman that led a life that any man would be jealous of. Janet Wallach sets out to tell the story of Ms. Bell's life and astounding adventures across Persia. This biography is definitely the most amazing and exciting that I have ever read. In fact it has encouraged me to look for more books on and by Gertrude Bell.
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Title: Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914 by Gertrude Lowthian Bell, Rosemary O'Brien ISBN: 0815606729 Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr (Trade) Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Passionate Nomad : The Life of Freya Stark by Jane Geniesse ISBN: 0375757465 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 24 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Desert and the Sown: The Syrian Adventures of the Female Lawrence of Arabia by Gertrude Bell, John Singer Sargent, Rosemary O'Brien ISBN: 0815411359 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard ISBN: 0312244967 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Winter in Arabia by Freya Stark ISBN: 1585672904 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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