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03058aam a2200517Ii 4500 001 5A14AB6447CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 140627s2015 nyub 001 0aeng d 020 $a 0143107372 020 $a 9780143107378 035 $a (OCoLC)881869814 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d TOH $d PX0 $d VP@ $d OCLCO $d ABG $d OCLCO $d IK2 $d CGP $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a aw----- $a aw----- 050 4 $a DS208 $b .B35 2015 082 04 $a 956/.02/092 $2 23 100 1 $a Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, $d 1868-1926, $e author. 240 10 $a Works. $k Selections. $f 2015 245 12 $a A woman in Arabia : $b the writings of the Queen of the Desert / $c Gertrude Bell ; edited by Georgina Howell. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Penguin Books, $c [2015] 300 $a xlv, 272 pages : $b maps ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a A woman in Arabia. The linguist ; The poet ; The "person" ; The mountaineer ; The archaeologist ; The desert traveler ; The lover ; The prisoner ; The war worker ; The intrusives ; The nation builder ; The kingmaker ; The courtier. 520 $a "A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century and the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War I, Gertrude Bell turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was instrumental in drawing the borders that define today's Middle East. As she wrote in one of her letters, "It's a bore being a woman when you are in Arabia." Forthright and spirited, opinionated and playful, and deeply instructive about the Arab world, this volume brings together Bell's letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writings to offer an intimate look at a woman who shaped nations."--Back cover. 600 10 $a Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, $d 1868-1926. 650 0 $a Travelers $z Middle East $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women travelers $z Middle East $v Biography. 650 0 $a Archaeologists $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women archaeologists $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Asianists $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women Asianists $v Biography. 650 0 $a Colonial administrators $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Colonial administrators $z Middle East $v Biography. 651 0 $a Middle East $x Politics and government $y 1914-1945. 651 0 $a Middle East $x History $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Howell, Georgina, $d 1942- $e editor. 941 $a 7 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305034221.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204081039.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110062954.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006090412.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20151121010546.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20150919010245.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20150826010442.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5A14AB6447CB11E598A1CBA4DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search