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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Advenurer, Adviser to
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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Advenurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia Hardcover - 1996

by Wallach, Janet

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New York: Nan A. Talese; Doubleday, 1996. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. Slightly cocked. Top and bottom of DJ and book cover shows damp staining, largely at spine Minor staining to top edge but pages and text intact... xxv, 448 p. Illustrations. Maps. Glossary. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. The story of Gertrude Bell, who went to Teheran to visit her uncle, the British envoy, and fell in love with the Middle East. The first woman to earn a first-class degree in modern history at Oxford, she went on to play an influential role in the making of post-World War I Iraq, where she was secretary to the British High Commission. She also had a hand in many of T. E. Lawrence's military successes.
Used - Good in good dust jacket. Slightly cocked. Top and bottom of DJ and book cover shows damp staining, largely at spine Minor stain
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  • Title Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Advenurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
  • Author Wallach, Janet
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition. Stated
  • Condition Used - Good in good dust jacket. Slightly cocked. Top and bottom of DJ and book cover shows damp staining, largely at spine Minor stain
  • Pages 419
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Nan A. Talese; Doubleday, New York
  • Date 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 61060
  • ISBN 9780385474085 / 0385474083
  • Weight 1.81 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.81 x 1.45 in (24.28 x 17.30 x 3.68 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Colonial administrators - Great Britain -, Bell, Gertrude Lowthian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95044868
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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