9781528715652 - Amurath to Amurath - Gertrude Bell
9781528715652 - Amurath to Amurath - Gertrude Bell
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Amurath to Amurath

Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was an English writer, political officer, traveller, archaeologist, and administrator. She became an important policy-maker in the British Empire as a result of her extensive knowledge and contacts, which she built up through her numerous travels in Mesopotamia, Greater Syria, Asia Minor, and Arabia.

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Author

Gertrude Bell

Imprint

Read & Co. Travel

Categories

Archaeology

Essays

Essays, Literary Collections & Criticism

History

Regional & National History

Travel Essays

ISBN

9781528715652

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Pages

500

Publication Date

26 May 2020

Dimensions 5.5 × 8.5 in

Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (1868–1926) was an English writer, political officer, traveller, archaeologist, and administrator. She became an important policy-maker in the British Empire as a result of her extensive knowledge and contacts, which she built up through her numerous travels in Mesopotamia, Greater Syria, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Contents include: “Tell Aḥmar To Buseirah”, “Buseirah To Hît”, “The Parthian Stations Of Isidorus Of Charax”, “Hît To Kerbelâ”, “The Palace Of Ukheiḍir”, “Kerbelâ To Baghdâd”, “Baghdâd To Môṣul”, “The Ruins Of Sâmarrâ”, “Môṣul To Zâkhô”, “Zâkhô To Diyârbekr”, “Diyârbekr To Konia”, etc. Other notable works by this author include: “Poems from the Divan of Hafiz” (1892), “The Desert and the Sown” (1907), and “Mountains of the Servants of God” (1910). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition with specially curated introductory material.

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