Desert queen: the extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell, adventurer, adviser to kings, ally of Lawrence of Arabia

585 Pages·2005·4.66 MB·English

by  Janet Wallach

Janet Wallach
Desert Queen
Janet Wallach is the author of Seraglio and Chanel: Her
Style and Her Life, and 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 and Connecticut.
B J W
Y ANET ALLACH
Seraglio
Chanel: Her Style and Her Life
Desert Queen
Arafat: In the Eye of the Beholder
(WITH JOHN WALLACH)
The New Palestinians
(WITH JOHN WALLACH)
Still Small Voices:
The Real Heroes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
(WITH JOHN WALLACH)

Anchor Books Editions, July 1999, 2005
Copyright © 1996, 2005 by Janet Wallach
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Published in the United States by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New
York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Nan A. Talese, an imprint of
Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1996.
Anchor Books and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wallach, Janet.
Desert queen : the extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell, adventurer, adviser to kings, ally
of Lawrence of Arabia / Janet Wallach. — 1st Anchor Books ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1996.
1. Bell, Gertrude Lowthian 1868–1926. 2. Women Orientalists—Biography. 3.
Colonial administrators—Great Britain Biography. 4. Colonial administrators—Middle
East Biography. I. Title.
DS61.7.B37W35 1999
956′.02′092—dc21
[B] 99-24297
eISBN: 978-0-307-74436-4
www.anchorbooks.com
v3.1
To John, David and Michael,
who surround me with love
Contents
Cover
About the Author
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Maps
Prologue
Part I
A Victorian
O G H S
1 F REATAND ONORED TOCK
A M ’ W
2 ANS ORLD
A I -F M
3 N LL ATED ARRIAGE
F
4 LIGHT
F S D
5 IRST TEPSINTHE ESERT
A D C
6 IFFERENT HALLENGE
T D S
7 HE ESERTANDTHE OWN
W R
8 OMEN’S IGHTS
L
9 AWRENCE
D
10 ICK
T H
11 OWARD AYIL
P A
12 RISONERIN RABIA
R W
13 UMBLINGSOF AR
P
HOTOS
A T E
14 RAGIC ND
E E
15 SCAPETOTHE AST
A R C W
16 EMARKABLY LEVER OMAN
Part II
The Khatun
A M S
17 ESSY ITUATION
A I W
18 N NDEPENDENT OMAN
B
19 AGHDAD
D
20 ISARRAY
P A Q
21 ARISANDTHE RAB UESTION
T A M
22 HE RAB OOD
A C T
23 HANGEOF HINKING
D S
24 ESERT TORMS
A T E
25 ASTEOF NGLAND
P
HOTOS
T C
26 HE LASH
A U V
27 N NPLEASANT ICTORY
C R
28 OX ETURNS
T C C
29 HE AIRO ONFERENCE
R
30 ESISTANCE
F
31 AISAL
T K
32 HE ING
K
33 EN
F C
34 AREWELLTO OX
T
35 ROUBLES
T S
36 O LEEP
Epilogue
Afterword to the Anchor Books Edition
The Hashemite Family of Sharif Hussein of Mecca
Glossary
Endnotes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments