{"product_id":"a-woman-in-arabia-gertrude-bell-9780143107378","title":"A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert","description":"\u003cb\u003eA portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia, the subject of \u003cb\u003ethe PBS documentary \u003ci\u003eLetters from Baghdad, \u003c\/i\u003evoiced by Tilda Swinton, and \u003c\/b\u003ethe major motion picture \u003ci\u003eQueen of the Desert, \u003c\/i\u003estarring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, and Robert Pattinson and directed by Werner Herzog\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGertrude Bell was leaning in 100 years before Sheryl Sandberg. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century, she turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world, and became the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War I. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was instrumental in drawing the borders that define today's Middle East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she wrote in one of her letters, \"It's a bore being a woman when you are in Arabia.\" Forthright and spirited, opinionated and playful, and deeply instructive about the Arab world, this volume brings together Bell's letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writings to offer an intimate look at a woman who shaped nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gertrude Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143107372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143107378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2015 pg. 94","brand":"Gertrude Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913388228863,"sku":"9780143107378","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9e44123d-a684-40a7-bf48-950342ff1bb9.jpg?v=1680618374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-woman-in-arabia-gertrude-bell-9780143107378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}