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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

7 best books like Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia (Janet Wallach): Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia, A Traveller in Time, A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations, Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark, Zen Attitude, The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century

Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
AuthorMichael Korda
ISBN0061712612
T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) first won fame for his writings and his participation in the British-sponsored Arab Revolt of WWI, but the adventurer known even in his day as "Lawrence of Arabia" is remembered today mostly as the subject of the 1962 film masterpiece based on his life. This splendid page-turner...
A Traveller in Time
AuthorAlison Uttley
ISBN0140309314
*** 4 ***

I love the way this author tells a children's story! It has the feel of a fairy tale, but using time travel as a means to connect a girl living in the 1930's Chelsea, England with the 16th century Tudor period. The book itself was published in 1939 and the author was one of J. R. R. Tolkien's...
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
AuthorSonia Purnell
In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her."

The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston...
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
AuthorGeorgina Howell
ISBN0374161623
A marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical import
 
She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind...
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
AuthorJane Fletcher Geniesse
ISBN0375757465
Freya Stark—traveler, explorer, Arabist, and woman of letters—began the extraordinary adventures that would glamorize her—and would catapult her into public life for the next sixty years—in 1927. And with the publication of The Valley of the Assassins in 1934, her legend was launched.

Leaving...
Zen Attitude
AuthorSujata Massey
ISBN0060899212
It's Tough to Keep Cool When the Heat Is On

Japanese-American Rei Shimura finally has a life to be proud of in Tokyo: running her own antiques business and living with her Scottish lawyer boyfreind. But when Rei overpays for a beautiful chest of drawers, she's in for the worst deal of her life....
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
AuthorSteve Coll
ISBN1594201641
The rise and rise of the Bin Laden family is one of the great stories of the twentieth century; its repercussions have already deeply marked the twenty-first. Until now, however, it is a story that has never been fully told, as the Bin Ladens have successfully fended off attempts to understand the family...
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