A review by mdabernig
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach

4.0

This starts a little dry, and you get the impression that it is a very biased account so it doesn't read as a particularly reliable portrayal of history, but despite this, it progresses into a very good, and informative read on an extraordinary woman in a fascinating period of history.

This covers a lot of stuff, taken primarily from her letters and writing. It takes a while to pick up...it doesn't have the colour or warmth that a lot of biographies can have so it is a bit of work to get through, but if you can stick through the first portion, it is worth the effort as it picks up about a quarter of the way through.