Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and anthropology of the region. She became an expert and was instrumental in formulating British policy in the region following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the outbreak of World War I. - Summary by LynneT
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introductory
01:16 - Chapter 2
AN EASTERN CITY
18:49 - Chapter 3
THE TOWER OF SILENCE
09:17 - Chapter 4
IN PRAISE OF GARDENS
16:03 - Chapter 5
THE KING OF MERCHANTS
09:28 - Chapter 6
THE IMAM HUSSEIN
16:46 - Chapter 7
THE SHADOW OF DEATH
16:41 - Chapter 8
DWELLERS IN TENTS
13:40 - Chapter 9
THREE NOBLE LADIES
15:36 - Chapter 10
THE TREASURE OF THE KING
14:00 - Chapter 11
SHEIKH HASSAN
16:31 - Chapter 12
A PERSIAN HOST
13:23 - Chapter 13
A STAGE AND A HALF
12:58 - Chapter 14
A BRIDLE-PATH
18:43 - Chapter 15
TWO PALACES
18:14 - Chapter 16
THE MONTH OF FASTING
14:45 - Chapter 17
REQUIESCANT IN PACE
18:05 - Chapter 18
THE CITY OF KING PRUSIAS
10:59 - Chapter 19
SHOPS AND SHOPKEEPERS
12:50 - Chapter 20
A MURRAY OF THE FIRST CENTURY
17:37 - Chapter 21
TRAVELLING COMPANIONS
20:28