Tales from The Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell is rightly known as 'The Queen of the Desert' and a new Hollywood film based on her life, featuring Nicole Kidman, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson is due for release in 2015. A formidable British diplomat, explorer and archaeologist, she travelled extensively through the Middle East in the early twentieth century and helped draw the boundaries of the country that became Iraq. With extracts from two of Bell's most compelling works of travel writing, this is a unique collection.
| Autor: | Bell, Gertrude |
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| ISBN: | 9781843915478 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | English Books |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.01.2015 |
| Untertitel: | The story behind the major motion picture |
| Schlagworte: | Frau; Berichte, Erinnerungen Reiseberichte, Reiseerinnerungen (div.) Weltreise : Berichte, Erinnerungen |
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (1868-1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and spy who explored and mapped Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Along with T. E. Lawrence, Bell helped establish the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq.