{"product_id":"tales-from-the-queen-of-the-desert-9781843915478","title":"Tales from the Queen of the Desert","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtracts from two of Bell's most compelling works of travel writing, \u003ci\u003ePersian Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSyria: The Desert and the Sown\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as some of her most fascinating letters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hesperus Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843915478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Gertrude Bell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917404672181,"sku":"9781843915478","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_780f391e-ac7f-41d6-8d01-6c798c956ebc.jpg?v=1687284262","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tales-from-the-queen-of-the-desert-9781843915478","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}