![]() ![]() ![]() The Hollywood film Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, Damian Lewis and Robert Pattinson, is based on the life and travels of Gertrude Bell"-Front flap. Persian Pictures and Syria: The Desert and the Sown reveal her deep-rooted fascination with the people, culture and history of the Middle East, and her personal insights into their way of life. Bell also penned two acclaimed books of travel writing, from which the current volume comes. She campaigned tirelessly for women's right to an education, set up the Museum of Iraq and received an CBE her diplomatic work. Fierccely independent and well ahead of her time, Bell would go on to travel alone throughout the Middle East, getting recruited to work for British Intelligence during the First World War and later becoming an advisor to the King of Iraq. PLOT: The life of Gertrude Bell is examined as she traveled the deserts of the Middle East in the late 1800’s.As an archaeologist and explorer, she became one of the most influential names in. Having grown up in England, her lifelong fascination with the region began when she visited her uncle in Persia in 1892. Tales from the Queen of the Desert (Hesperus Classics) by Gertrude Bell at .uk - ISBN 10: 1843915472 - ISBN 13: 9781843915478 - Hesperus Press. "A keen traveller and explorer, Gertrude Bell led an extraordinary life that took her all over the Middle East. ![]()
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