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Description edit
Characters/People edit
- Gertrude Bell: Add a description of this character.
- Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet: Gertrude's father
- Sir Maurice Hugh Lowthian Bell, 3rd Baronet: Gertrude's brother
- Maria Shield Bell: Gertrude's mother
- Charles Doughty-Wylie: While married had an affair with Gertrude Bell.
- Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore Bell: Gertrude's stepmother
- T. E. Lawrence
- Mary Katherine Bell: Gertrude's stepsister
- Hugh Lowthian Bell: Gertrude's stepbrother
- Florence Elsa Bell: Gertrude's stepsister
- Faisal I: King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933.
- Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca: Father of Faisal I of Iraq.
- Talal I bin Abdullah
- Muhammad: Prophet
- Percy Cox
- A.T. Wilson
- Winston Churchill
- Harry St. John Bridger Philby
- Ronald Storrs
- Sykes
- Chirol
- Mcmahon
- William Morris
- Gallipoli
Setting & Locations edit
- Baghdad
- Iraq
- London
- Mesopotamia
- Great Britain
- Damascus
- Syria
- Cairo
- Basra
- India
- France
- England
- Middle East
- Paris
- Arabian Desert
- Turkey
- Palestine
- Constantinople
- Germany
- Jerusalem
- Egypt
- Boulogne
- Mosul
- Persia
- Hejaz
- Delhi
- United States
- Aleppo
- Karbala
- Nejd
- Konya
- Mecca
- Middlesbrough
- Europe
- Russia
- Najaf
- Aqaba
- Nefud
- Khanikin
- Albania
- Asia
- Oxford
- Bucharest
- Ukhaidir
First Sentence edit
It is 22 March 1921, the last day of the Cairo Conference and the final opportunity for the British to determine the postwar future of the Middle East.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Acknowledgements
Maps
1. Gertrude and Florence
2. Education
3. The Civilized Woman
4. Becoming a Person
5. Mountaineering
6. Desert Travel
7. Dick Doughty-Wylie
8. Limit of Endurance
9. Escape
10. War Work
11. Cairo, Delhi, Basra
12. Government Through Gertrude
13. Anger
14. Faisal
15. Coronation
16. Staying and Leaving
Notes
Bibliography
Note on Money Values
Chronology
Index
Permissions
Authors & Contributors edit
- Georgina Howell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Macmillan
Country: UK
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: Add the page count.
Awards edit
- Samuel Johnson Prize (Finalist, 2007, Shortlist)
Subjects edit
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
- Books › History › Asia
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical
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