{"product_id":"desert-queen-the-extraordinary-life-of-gertrude-bell-adventurer-adviser-to-kings-ally-of-lawrence-of-arabia-9781400096190","title":"Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"richly textured biography\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) inspired the mesmerizing documentary, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e, soon to air on public television.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence's brawn. After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was, at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements-a woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind. Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-357726\"\u003eJanet Wallach\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.26w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400096190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400096197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO010000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanet Wallach is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eSeraglio \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChanel: Her Style and Her Life. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is also coauthor, with her husband John Wallach, of three previous books on the Middle East: \u003ci\u003eThe New Palestinians\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eArafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eStill Small Voices: The Real Heroes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698224632045,"sku":"9781400096190","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_852d4f85-1f92-4a4c-8c6d-c543fee9d344.jpg?v=1649896834","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/desert-queen-the-extraordinary-life-of-gertrude-bell-adventurer-adviser-to-kings-ally-of-lawrence-of-arabia-9781400096190","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}