The Desert And The Sown
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the dawn of the twentieth century, one of history's most remarkable women saddled her horse and rode alone into the heart of the Arab world — and The Desert and the Sown is the electrifying account of that journey. Written by Gertrude Bell, the formidable British scholar, diplomat, and adventurer, this travelogue chronicles her 1905 solo expedition through Syria and the Levant, painting a vivid portrait of ancient cities, shifting tribal loyalties, Ottoman power, and the unyielding landscape that stretched between desert and cultivated land. With the precision of a cartographer and the eye of a poet, Bell renders the people she encountered — Bedouin sheikhs, Syrian merchants, Ottoman officials — with a depth of humanity rarely found in the travel writing of her era. The Desert and the Sown stands as a landmark text in the literature of exploration, offering not merely a record of miles traveled but a penetrating study of a region on the cusp of profound political transformation. Bell's prose is authoritative yet intimate, suffused with the intellectual curiosity of a woman who would later help draw the modern borders of the Middle East. This Virago edition, with a new introduction by Sarah Graham-Brown, restores Bell's voice to its rightful place alongside the great travel writers of the twentieth century — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the world she saw that others simply failed to notice.
Author: Gertrude Bell
Format: Paperback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the dawn of the twentieth century, one of history's most remarkable women saddled her horse and rode alone into the heart of the Arab world — and The Desert and the Sown is the electrifying account of that journey. Written by Gertrude Bell, the formidable British scholar, diplomat, and adventurer, this travelogue chronicles her 1905 solo expedition through Syria and the Levant, painting a vivid portrait of ancient cities, shifting tribal loyalties, Ottoman power, and the unyielding landscape that stretched between desert and cultivated land. With the precision of a cartographer and the eye of a poet, Bell renders the people she encountered — Bedouin sheikhs, Syrian merchants, Ottoman officials — with a depth of humanity rarely found in the travel writing of her era. The Desert and the Sown stands as a landmark text in the literature of exploration, offering not merely a record of miles traveled but a penetrating study of a region on the cusp of profound political transformation. Bell's prose is authoritative yet intimate, suffused with the intellectual curiosity of a woman who would later help draw the modern borders of the Middle East. This Virago edition, with a new introduction by Sarah Graham-Brown, restores Bell's voice to its rightful place alongside the great travel writers of the twentieth century — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the world she saw that others simply failed to notice.