03237cam a2200361 4500 526331478 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780449806777 0449806774 4cec139c-3fd3-4797-9389-9173500039e8 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 766346 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wallach, Janet. Desert Queen [Libby Audiobook] : The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2012. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 555MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 555MB. HTML:<p>Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with all things Arab. Traveling the length and breadth of the Arab region, armed with a love for its language and its people, she not only produced several enormously popular books based on her experiences but became instrumental to the British foreign office. When World War I erupted, and the British needed the loyalty of the Arab leaders, it was Gertrude Bell's work and connections that helped provided the brain for T. E. Lawrence's military brawn. After the war she participated in both the Paris and Cairo conferences, played a major role in creating the modern Middle East, and was generally considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In this incident-packed biography, Janet Wallach reveals a woman whose achievements and independent spirit were especially remarkable for her times, and who brought the same passion and intensity to her explorations as she did to her rich romantic life. Too long eclipsed by Lawrence's fame, Gertrude Bell emerges in this first major biography as a woman whose accomplishments rank as crucial to world history (especially in light of the continuing geopolitical importance of the Middle East) and whose life was a grand adventure.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Politics. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. Gilpin, Jean. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/766346-DesertQueen.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/766346-DesertQueen.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4CEC139C-3FD3-4797-9389-9173500039E8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/766346-DesertQueen.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/766346-DesertQueen.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4CEC139C-3FD3-4797-9389-9173500039E8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)