Article: Iraq and Gertrude Bell's The Arab of Mesopotamia, Lexington ed. (reprint, 1992).(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Daughter of the Desert: The Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell.(Brief article)(Book review)
Contemporary Review;  September 22, 2007 ;     193 words ......the Desert: The Remarkable Life of Gertrude Bell. Georgina Howell. Macmillan. [pounds...in the early twentieth century was Gertrude Bell. Her influence at the Peace Conferences...self-professed heroine. She traces Gertrude Bell's life and its many achievements as...

Article: Writer, explorer, spinster, spy. (archeologist Gertrude Bell)
The Middle East;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......writer, archaeologist, spinster and spy, Gertrude Bell, argues that it was she, rather than...intended to publicise the intrepid Gertrude Bell's largely-ignored accomplishments...is due to the achievements of Miss Gertrude Bell. She was responsible for everything...

Article: Gertrude Bell
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Gertrude Bell Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was the best known traveler in the Middle East and...countries and established British political influence in the region. Gertrude Bell was born into a wealthy family in the English county of Durham...

Article: Desert queen: the extraordinary life of Gertrude Bell. (explorer, author and adventurer)
The Middle East;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......of explorer, author and adventurer Gertrude Bell. In this latest biography of desert...Faisal, the author Janet Wallach credits Gertrude Bell for demarcating the modern borders...was excavating at Carchemish. Being Gertrude Bell, she told him his digging techniques...

Article: A Quest in the Middle East: Gertrude Bell and the Making of Modern Iraq.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
The Middle East;  March 1, 2006 ;     181 words ...A QUEST IN THE MIDDLE EAST GERTRUDE BELL AND THE MAKING OF MODERN IRAQ By Liora Lukitz published by...price 24.50 [pounds sterling] hardback Revered or reviled, Gertrude Bell was a commanding figure: scholar, linguist, archaeologist...

Article: In the market for a nap.(General News)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  October 22, 2002 ;     89 words ......Fleishman shops at the Lane County Farmer's Market, her dog, Gertrude Bell, grabs a catnap on the warm pavement in the park blocks of...Fleishman shops at the Lane County Farmer's Market, her dog, Gertrude Bell, grabs a catnap on the warm pavement in the park blocks of...

Article: What Britain learned: and how America can build, in Iraq.(At War)
National Review;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......as strong as they were mutually exclusive. In peacetime, Gertrude Bell, a well-connected society lady, had learned Arabic and ridden...mission, they were the best the British empire had to offer. Gertrude Bell was posted to Baghdad as Oriental Secretary. She spoke for...

Article: Travellers in Arabia: in the 21st century a "special relationship" is said to exist between Saudi Arabia and the UK. Many would claim oil is the common denominator in this affiliation but bilateral ties go back further than that.(MOSAIC)(Book review)
The Middle East;  June 1, 2007 ;     464 words ......the Arabian heartlands in the 19th and early 20th centuries were to become legendary: Palgrave; Doughty; Lady Anne Blount; Gertrude Bell, who would go on to play a part in the founding of modern-day Iraq; archeologist-soldier T.E. Lawrence, who spurred the Arab...

Article: Mirage: Power, Politics, and the Hidden History of Arabian Oil.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  February 1, 2006 ;     120 words ......proclaimed king in 1932, Herbert Hoover, consulting engineer for the mining industry and later US president; and British archaeologist Gertrude Bell are among the well known figures with fingers in the pie. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Article: Bell, Gertrude (Margaret Lowthian)
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature;      123 words ......1907), and Amurath to Amurath (1911). In these, and in her brilliant Letters (1927) and diaries—largely quoted in Gertrude Bell: from her Personal Papers , ed. Elizabeth Burgoyne (1958 and 1961)—she vividly conveyed the landscapes and personalities...

Article: Marshall Cavendish.(Explorers And Exploration)(Peoples Of Eastern Asia)(Gods, Goddesses and Mythology, 11 vols.)(Encyclopedia Of Family Health)(History Of World War II)(Book Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Children's Bookwatch;  April 1, 2005 ;     398 words ......segment of the A-Z alphabet covering selected explorers. Volume 1, for example, covers explorers from Alexander the Great to Gertrude Bell. And each explorer receives 3-4 pages which include either black and white or color photos, maps, illustrations, charts...

Article: Civilizations of Ancient Iraq.(Book review)
ForeWord;  July 1, 2009 ;     449 words ......that introduces-most interestingly-the history of regional archaeology, noting the role of the formidable British Arabist Gertrude Bell in establishing Iraqs archaeological museums. The authors also assess the terrible toll the Gulf and Iraq wars took on the...

Article: In a Sea of Knowledge: British Arabists in the Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
The Middle East;  June 1, 2003 ;     167 words ......Lawrence of Arabia is examined and so is Abdullah Philby (the father of the spy Kim), and the lady who knew them both well, Gertrude Bell. Women Arabists appear at many stages of the story as do an extraordinary range of characters, from diplomats and archaeologists...

Article: Off the Beaten Track: Three Centuries of Women Travellers.(Books To Pack)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine);  October 26, 2004 ;     229 words ......the life of the premodern female traveler was fraught with prejudice and beset with barriers. Yet travel they did, from Gertrude Bell in 1900s Iraq to Pocahontas in 1616 London. Emily Lowe, who traveled to Norway with her mother in 1857, wrote, Ladies alone...