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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
de Wallach, Janet
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Bien/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385495757
- ISBN 13
- 9780385495752
- Librería
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Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
U.S.A: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1999. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good+ Condition. Gently used book that is clean and unmarked, with slight wear to extremities, solid and square, pages clean, lightly toned. The life of one of the greatest British women of the 19th century, Gertrude Bell, 1868-1926. Ms Bell eschewed the life of a Victorian woman in the England of the time and went to explore, map and excavate the world of the Arabs. She was recruited by British Intelligence during World War I, gained the loyalty of Arab leaders, and provided highly important information to British Intelligence. She was contemporary with Lawrence of Arabia and provided "--brains to match Lawrence's brawn". After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. And Wallach shows the woman behind her achievements. 419 pages with Epilogue, End Notes, Bibliography and Index. 9.25 x 6.2 inches. 1999, Anchor Books/Doubleday, USA
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- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 023008
- Título
- Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
- Autor
- Wallach, Janet
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385495757
- ISBN 13
- 9780385495752
- Editorial
- Anchor Books/Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- U.S.A
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Palabras clave
- BIOGRAPHY ADVENTURER ARABIA ARABS WORLD WAR I MIDDLE EAST BRITISH EMPIRE
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Good+
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- Jacket
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