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Gertrude Bell


Born
in Washington Hall, County Durham, England
July 14, 1868

Died
July 12, 1926

Genre
Travel


Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist.

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The Desert and the Sown: Th...
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3.92 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 1907 — 161 editions
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Persian Pictures: From the ...
3.63 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1894 — 36 editions
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رسائل جيرتروود بيل ١٨٩٩-١٩١...
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3.51 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1927 — 25 editions
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Tales from the Queen of the...
3.77 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1894 — 5 editions
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The Arab War
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ملكة الصحراء يوميات رحلة غي...
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The Letters of Gertrude Bel...
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Safar Nameh: Persian Pictur...
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“...the holy men sat in an atmosphere
reeking of antiquity, so thick with the
dust of ages that you can't see through it
--nor can they.”
― Gertrude Bell
tags: history, wisdom
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“There is a certain fine simplicity in a landscape from which the element of water, with all the varied life it brings in it murmuring train, is entirely absent.”
― Gertrude Bell, Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
tags: desert
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“...but while you are wondering whether she be angel or devil, she is gone.”
― Gertrude Bell, Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
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