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　　Turning away from the privileged world of the "eminent

Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) explored, mapped, and

excavated the world of the Arabs. Recruited by British intelligence

during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the

loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information

provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence's brawn. After the war,

she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was,

at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British

Empire.

In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman

behind these achievements–a woman whose passion and

defiant independence were at odds wit the confined and custom-bound

England she left behind. Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude

Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the

stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a

heartbreaking story and a grand adventure.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

MAPS

PROLo6UE

PART Ⅰ

　A Victorian

　OF GREAT AND HONORED STOCK

　A MAN'S WORLD

　AN ILL-FATED MARRIAGE

　FLIGHT

　FIRST STEPS IN THE DESERT

　A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE

　THE DESERT AND THE SOWN

　WOMEN'S RIGHTS

　LAWRENCE

　……

PART Ⅱ

BIBLIOGR APLHY

INDEX

Janet Wallach is the author of The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age, as well as Seraglio and Chanel: Her Style and Her Life. She is also coauthor, with her husband John Wallach, of three previous books on the Middle East: The New Palestinians; Arafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder; and Still Small Voices: The Real Heroes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. She lives in New York City.

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This “richly textured biography” (Chicago Tribune) inspired the mesmerizing documentary, Letters from Baghdad, soon to air on public television.

Here is the story of Gertrude Bell, who explored, mapped, and excavated the Arab world throughout the early twentieth century. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in obtaining the loyalty of Arab leaders, and her connections and information provided the brains to match T. E. Lawrence's brawn. After the war, she played a major role in creating the modern Middle East and was, at the time, considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire.

In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements–a woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind. Too long eclipsed by Lawrence, Gertrude Bell emerges at last in her own right as a vital player on the stage of modern history, and as a woman whose life was both a heartbreaking story and a grand adventure.