{"product_id":"desert-queen-the-extraordinary-life-of-gertrude-bell-adventurer-adviser-to-kings-ally-of-lawrence-of-arabia-9781400096190","title":"Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"richly textured biography\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) inspired the mesmerizing documentary, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e, soon to air on public television.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence's brawn. After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was, at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements-a woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind. Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400096190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.26w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/25\/2007 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Janet Wallach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649422127260,"sku":"9781400096190","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_049ee326-d4c9-41cc-8809-f9ba37478565.jpg?v=1603872714","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/desert-queen-the-extraordinary-life-of-gertrude-bell-adventurer-adviser-to-kings-ally-of-lawrence-of-arabia-9781400096190","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}