Extracts from two of Bell\'s most compelling works of travel writing, ``Persian Pictures`` and ``Syria: The Desert and the Sown,`` as well as some of her most fascinating lettersA woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time when very few subjects were even open to women.
She chronicled her journeys through Iraq, Persia, Syria, and beyond and her impor.
She went on to take an active interest in politics before embarking on her one-woman travels across the Middle East.
Extracts from two of Bell\'s most compelling works of travel writing, ``Persian Pictures`` and ``Syria: The Desert and the Sown,`` as well as some of her most fascinating lettersA woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time when very few subjects were even open to women
