Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The mark of the desert -- Childhood memories -- The colors of the East -- The voice of the wind -- The romance of the desert -- Intelligence officer -- A new nation -- Stateswoman and advisor.
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Chronicles the life of Gertrude Bell, the Englishwoman who explored the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and played an important role in the founding of Iraq, helping to choose its first king and creating the Baghdad Museum.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian,1868-1926-- Travel-- Saudi Arabia
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian,1868-1926.
Bell, Gertrude Lowthian,1868-1926
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Stateswomen.
Travelers.
Women, Biography.
Travel.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Saudi Arabia, Description and travel, Juvenile literature.