Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
Howell Georgina
A marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical import
She
has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not
inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the
most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the
driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born in 1868 into a
world of privilege, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing
to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy,
Arabist, linguist, author (of Persian Pictures, The Desert and the Sown,
and many other collections), poet, photographer, and legendary
mountaineer (she took off her skirt and climbed the Alps in her
underclothes).
She traveled the globe several times, but her
passion was the desert, where she traveled with only her guns and her
servants. Her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the
Cairo Intelligence Office of the British government during World War I.
She advised the Viceroy of India; then, as an army major, she traveled
to the front lines in Mesopotamia. There, she supported the creation of
an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the
election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of
the fledgling state. Gertrude Bell, vividly told and impeccably
researched by Georgina Howell, is a richly compelling portrait of a
woman who transcended the restrictions of her class and times, and in so
doing, created a remarkable and enduring legacy.
She
has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not
inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the
most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the
driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born in 1868 into a
world of privilege, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing
to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy,
Arabist, linguist, author (of Persian Pictures, The Desert and the Sown,
and many other collections), poet, photographer, and legendary
mountaineer (she took off her skirt and climbed the Alps in her
underclothes).
She traveled the globe several times, but her
passion was the desert, where she traveled with only her guns and her
servants. Her vast knowledge of the region made her indispensable to the
Cairo Intelligence Office of the British government during World War I.
She advised the Viceroy of India; then, as an army major, she traveled
to the front lines in Mesopotamia. There, she supported the creation of
an autonomous Arab nation for Iraq, promoting and manipulating the
election of King Faisal to the throne and helping to draw the borders of
the fledgling state. Gertrude Bell, vividly told and impeccably
researched by Georgina Howell, is a richly compelling portrait of a
woman who transcended the restrictions of her class and times, and in so
doing, created a remarkable and enduring legacy.
年:
2006
出版社:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
语言:
english
页:
481
ISBN 10:
0374161623
ISBN 13:
9780374161620
文件:
EPUB, 1.40 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2006
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