She died in 1926 of an apparent overdose of sleeping pills. Despite the many achievements of her working life, sadly her personal life was marred by losing the great love of her life, Major Charles Doughty-Wylie, from which she never recovered. Gertrude Bell CBE is rightly known as The Queen of the Desert and a new Hollywood film based on her life, featuring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson is due for release in 2015.A woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time when very few.
Queen of the Desert is her story, vividly told.
She chronicled her journeys through Iraq, Persia, Syria, and beyond and her important diplomatic work, with characteristic wit and incisiveness. A marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical import. Desert Queen: Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia. She went on to take an active interest in politics before embarking on her one-woman travels across the Middle East. Georgina Howell, Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations. and all the wonderful and terrible things that happen in high places. Read full overviewĮxtracts from two of Bell's most compelling works of travel writing, "Persian Pictures" and "Syria: The Desert and the Sown," as well as some of her most fascinating lettersA woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time when very few subjects were even open to women. As there was no further precaution possible I enjoyed the extraordinary magnificence of the storm with a free mind.
May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does. Extracts from two of Bell's most compelling works of travel writing, "Persian Pictures" and "Syria: The Desert and the Sown," as well as some of her most fascinating lettersA woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading.
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