Gertrude Bell - by Georgina Howell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical import</b> <p/>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 <i>Persian Pictures</i>, <i>The Desert and the Sown</i>, and many other collections), poet, photographer, and legendary mountaineer (she took off her skirt and climbed the Alps in her underclothes). <p/>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. <p/><i>Gertrude Bell</i>, 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. <p/> ... there's never a dull moment in the peerless life of this trailblazing character. - <i>Kirkus Reviews</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Georgina Howell </b>has worked in magazine journalism since the age of seventeen. She has written for <i>Vanity Fair </i>and American <i>Vogue, </i>and has worked at <i>The Observer</i>, British <i>Vogue</i>, <i>The Tatler</i>, and <i>The Sunday Times. </i>She lives in London and Brittany.</p>
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