A Quest in the Middle East
Subtitle: Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: February 16, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781850434153
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Asian studies; Biography: general; Imperialism; 20th century; History; Iraq - History; Middle East - History; Women Middle East specialists; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; History: World; Iran; Historical - General; Middle East - General; Women; Social Science / Women's Studies; Women's Studies - General; Biography; Colonial administrators; Great Britain
First sentence: The caravan left Damascus on 16 December 1913, heading for Ha'il in Central Arabia.