Letters From Baghdad

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Non-Fiction 1927Summary:Gertrude Bell was a pioneering English writer, archaeologist, diplomat
and spy whose travels through the Arabian desert gave her local
knowledge unparalleled by her British peers. Recruited by British
Military Intelligence after World War I, she played a significant often
unrecognised role in British imperial policy-making in the Middle East,
notably Iraq. Openly critical of colonial practices, Bell's insights are
a singular, prescient prism through which to understand both the Middle
East and the all-male inner sanctum of British colonial power.