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Daughter of the desert : the remarkable life of Gertrude Bell

Howell, Georgina, 1942-2006
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At a time when women were still largely excluded from both education and the workplace, Gertrude Bell was an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer and mountaineer - but until the Iraq War of 2003 few people had heard her name.
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2006.
Collation:
xvii, 518 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 476-484) and index.
ISBN:
9781405045872 (hbk)
Dewey class:
956.703092B/BEL
Local class:
B/BEL
Language:
English
BRN:
531098
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