The Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and Syria by Gertrude Bell

The Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and Syria

Gertrude Bell

347 pages first pub 1907 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel informative reflective slow-paced

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Born to transcend the social constraints of Victorian England, Gertrude Bell left the comforts of her privileged life for the unconventional -- but thrilling -- world of the Middle East. One of the first women to graduate from Oxford, she traveled...

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