Queen Of The Desert
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Desert Queen
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Author : Janet Wallach
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-11-12
Desert Queen written by Janet Wallach and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The life of Gertrude Bell is now the subject of the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Damian Lewis Turning away from privileged Victorian Britain, Gertrude Bell explored, mapped and excavated the world of the Arabs, winning the trust of Arab sheiks and chieftains along the way. When the First World War erupted and the British needed the loyalty of Arab leaders, Gertrude Bell provided the intelligence for T.E. Lawrence's military activities. After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East, and was generally considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. In this major reassessment of Bell's life, Janet Wallach reveals a woman whose achievements and independent spirit were especially remarkable for her times, and who brought the same passion and intensity to her explorations as she did to her rich and romantic life.
Gertrude Bell
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Author : Georgina Howell
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2010-04-01
Gertrude Bell written by Georgina Howell and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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, linguist, author (of Persian Pictures, The Desert and the Sown, and many other collections), poet, photographer, and legendary mountaineer (she took off her skirt and climbed the Alps in her underclothes). She traveled the globe several times, but her passion was the desert, where she traveled with only her guns and her servants. Her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the Cairo Intelligence Office of the British government during World War I. She advised the Viceroy of India; then, as an army major, she traveled to the front lines in Mesopotamia. There, she supported the creation of an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of the fledgling state. Gertrude Bell, vividly told and impeccably researched by Georgina Howell, is a richly compelling portrait of a woman who transcended the restrictions of her class and times, and in so doing, created a remarkable and enduring legacy. " ... there’s never a dull moment in the peerless life of this trailblazing character." - Kirkus Reviews
A Woman In Arabia
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Author : Gertrude Bell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-08-11
A Woman In Arabia written by Gertrude Bell and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia, the subject of the PBS documentary Letters from Baghdad, voiced by Tilda Swinton, and the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, and Robert Pattinson and directed by Werner Herzog Gertrude Bell was leaning in 100 years before Sheryl Sandberg. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century, she turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world, and became the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War I. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was instrumental in drawing the borders that define today’s Middle East. As she wrote in one of her letters, “It’s a bore being a woman when you are in Arabia.” Forthright and spirited, opinionated and playful, and deeply instructive about the Arab world, this volume brings together Bell’s letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writings to offer an intimate look at a woman who shaped nations. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Queen Of The Desert
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Author : Fergus Mason
language : en
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
Release Date : 2014-03-30
Queen Of The Desert written by Fergus Mason and has been published by BookCaps Study Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
T.E. Lawrence is often credited with bringing diplomacy to the Middle East; in the shadows of every great man you will often find an even greater woman. In Lawrence’s case, that woman’s name was Gertrude Bell. In a time when women didn't go to school, Bell did; in a time when women didn't join the army, Bell secured a job at the Army Intelligence Headquarters in Cairo; she spoke Arabic, Persian, French and German. She knew the Middle Eastern terrain and culture better than almost any Westerner of her time. In a male driven world, Bell managed to become one of the greatest policy makers the world has ever known; without her, the Middle East might very well be a much different place, and her influence in the territory gave her the nickname "Queen of the Desert." This biography tells the extraordinary story of one of the most adventurous and fascinating women you will ever encounter.
The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
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Author : Philip Brophy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert written by Philip Brophy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert (Motion picture) categories.
Sheba
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Author : Nicholas Clapp
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2002
Sheba written by Nicholas Clapp and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
An illustration of the life of Queen Sheba, deciphered through satellite images that track Sheba on ancient caravan routes through archaeological sites, suggesting that Sheba herself was the great figure, not her love, Solomon, as long thought by many. The author travels to Ethiopia, Arabia, Israel, and France searching for the truth behind the myth of the queen of Sheba, and uses modern technology to put the pieces of the puzzle in place.
Tales From The Queen Of The Desert
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Author : Gertrude Bell
language : en
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Release Date : 2015-04-01
Tales From The Queen Of The Desert written by Gertrude Bell and has been published by Hesperus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Literary Collections categories.
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 letters A woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time when very few subjects were even open to women. She went on to take an active interest in politics before embarking on her one-woman travels across the Middle East. She chronicled her journeys through Iraq, Persia, Syria, and beyond and her important diplomatic work, with characteristic wit and incisiveness. 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. She died in 1926 of an apparent overdose of sleeping pills. This is a unique collection of her work.
Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Comedy films categories.
Queen Of The Desert
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Author : Georgina Howell
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2015-01-15
Queen Of The Desert written by Georgina Howell and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with History categories.
Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege and plenty, but she turned her back on all that for her passion for the Arab peoples, becoming the architect of the independent kingdom of Iraq and seeing its first king Faisal safely onto the throne in 1921. Queen of the Desert is her story, vividly told and impeccably researched, drawing on Gertrude's own writings, both published and unpublished. Previously published as Daughter of the Desert, this is a compelling portrait of a woman who transcended the restrictions of her class and age and in so doing created a remarkable and enduring legacy. 'What a great Oscar-laden biopic this will make ...the combination of epic scenes and personal drama makes Georgina Howell's saga a winner' Daily Express 'Howell sketches in the gradations of colour and emotion that have been lacking in hitherto monochrome accounts of Bell's life ... Exemplary' Sunday Times 'Riveting ... few women have had a life more worth reading about.' Diana Athill, Literary Review
The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
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Author : Stephan Elliott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert written by Stephan Elliott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Drama categories.
"A road movie in a frock" is one way this much acclaimed, award-winning movie has been described. Three showgirls with a difference set off in a bus across the Australian desert to play a cabaret engagement in Alice Springs. The full script is presented, along with stills from the film, and an introduction from writer/director Stephan Elliot.