Daughter of the desert : the remarkable life of Gertrude Bell
Howell, Georgina, 1942-2007
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At a time when women were still largely excluded from both education and the workplace, Gertrude Bell was an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer and mountaineer. Her passion was the Arab world and she was the architect of the independent kingdom of Iraq.
Main title:
Daughter of the desert : the remarkable life of Gertrude Bell / Georgina Howell.
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Imprint:
London : Pan, 2007.
Collation:
xvii, 518 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-484) and index.
ISBN:
9780330431576 (pbk)
Dewey class:
956.703092
Language:
English
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BRN:
308265