{"product_id":"desert-queen-9781400096190","title":"DESERT QUEEN","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography, \u003cb\u003emesmerizing and \u003c\/b\u003e“richly textured ” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), that inspired the acclaimed documentary, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Baghdad. • \u003c\/i\u003eWith a new Afterword • \u003ci\u003eDesert Queen\u003c\/i\u003e...plucks Gertrude Bell out of the shadow of Lawrence of Arabia. —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this masterful biography, Janet Wallach shows us the woman behind these achievements\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ea woman whose passion and defiant independence were at odds with the confined and custom-bound England she left behind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToo 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.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50005686387031,"sku":"9781400096190","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781400096190.jpg?v=1739817820","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/desert-queen-9781400096190","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}