num_pages: 560
description: Archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer, and nation builder, Gertrude Bell was born in 1868 into a world of privilege and plenty. But she turned her back on all that for her passion for the Arab peoples, becoming the architect of the independent kingdom of Iraq and seeing its first king Faisal safely onto the throne in 1921. Daughter of the Desert is her story, vividly told and impeccably researched, drawing on Gertrudes own writings, both published and unpublished. It is a compelling portrait of a woman who transcended the restrictions of her class and age and, in so doing, created a remarkable and enduring legacy.
language: English
title: Daughter of the Desert: The Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell
titlecomplete: Daughter of the Desert: The Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell
genres: Historical, Biography, Egypt, Adventure, Politics, Nonfiction, Womens, Travel, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 3192
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Pan Publishing