A seeming contradiction, Gertrude Bell was both a proper Victorian and an intrepid explorer of the Arabian wilderness.
About the Author Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) made six ext.
The Desert and the Sown is a chronicle, illustrated by over 160 photos, of Bell\'s 1905 journey from Jericho to Antioch, a land of warring tribes under Turkish control.
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A seeming contradiction, Gertrude Bell was both a proper Victorian and an intrepid explorer of the Arabian wilderness