{"product_id":"the-letters-of-gertrude-bell-gertrude-bell-9781528715669","title":"The Letters of Gertrude Bell - Volume One","description":"First published in 1929, this book contains volume I of \"The Letters of Gertrude Bell\". Contents include: \"1897, Berlin\", \"1897-1899, Round The World, Dauphina, Etc.\", \"1899-1900, Jerusalem And The First Desert Journeys\", \"1900, Desert Excursions From Jerusalem\", \"1901-1902, Switzerland, Syria, England\", \"1902-1903, Round The World For The Second Time\", \"1903-1909, England, Switzerland, Paris\", etc. A fascinating insight into the life and mind of a woman who played a major role in establishing administering the modern state of Iraq. Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (1868-1926) was an English writer, political officer, traveller, archaeologist, and administrator. She became an important policy-maker in the British Empire as a result of her extensive knowledge and contacts, which she built up through her numerous travels in Mesopotamia, Greater Syria, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Other notable works by this author include: \"Poems from the Divan of Hafiz\" (1892), \"The Desert and the Sown\" (1907), and \"Mountains of the Servants of God\" (1910). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition with specially curated introductory material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gertrude Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1528715667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781528715669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brilliant Women - Read \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d","brand":"Gertrude Bell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942987694335,"sku":"9781528715669","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0674f276-3fa2-4165-abcf-968ba0d6c3dd.jpg?v=1681495560","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-letters-of-gertrude-bell-gertrude-bell-9781528715669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}