The Desert and the Sown

Travels in Palestine and Syria

Gertrude Bell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2008
Dover Publications Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-486-46876-1 (ISBN)

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"The female Lawrence of Arabia," Gertrude Bell wrote captivating, perceptive accounts of her travels in the Middle East. This intriguing narrative, accompanied by 160 photos, traces her 1905 sojourn in Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine.

Current events in the Middle East have revived interest in the extraordinary life and accomplishments of Gertrude Bell, "the female Lawrence of Arabia." A skilled archeologist, historian, and linguist, Bell wrote captivating, perceptive accounts of her Eastern travels. This intriguing narrative — accompanied by 160 photos — traces her 1905 sojourn in Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine.

Gertrude Bell was a British writer, archaeologist, and political analyst who left a privileged life in Victorian England to become a citizen of the world. One of the first women to graduate from Oxford, she traveled to Persia, where she was passionately drawn to the Arab people, their language, and their architecture. Bell's achievements there were stunning: she established an archaeology musem and was one of the people responsible for creating the Iraq that exists today.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.12.2008
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 215 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Naher Osten
ISBN-10	0-486-46876-3 / 0486468763
ISBN-13	978-0-486-46876-1 / 9780486468761
Zustand	Neuware