{"product_id":"9780143107378-retail-a-woman-in-arabia-the-writings-of-the-queen-of-the-desert","title":"A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert","description":"A portrait in her own words of one of the great woman adventurers of the 20th century--the \"female Lawrence of Arabia\"--and the subject of two upcoming major motion pictures\n\nA Penguin Classic\n\nA portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia, the subject of the PBS documentaryLetters from Baghdad,voiced by Tilda Swinton, andthe major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, and Robert Pattinson and directed by Werner Herzog\n\nGertrude  Bell was leaning in 100 years before Sheryl Sandberg. One of the great  woman adventurers of the twentieth century, she turned her back on  Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world, and became  the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War  I. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and  spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was  instrumental in drawing the borders that define today's Middle East.\n\nAs  she wrote in one of her letters, \"It's a bore being a woman when you  are in Arabia.\" Forthright and spirited, opinionated and playful, and  deeply instructive about the Arab world, this volume brings together  Bell's letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writings  to offer an intimate look at a woman who shaped nations.\n\nFor more  than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of  classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than  1,800titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best  works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers  trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by  introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary  authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning  translators.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48961221492955,"sku":"9780143107378-RETAIL","price":33.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/54194657-4d5d-441d-92e1-3c1647bd4459.jpg?v=1783603481","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780143107378-retail-a-woman-in-arabia-the-writings-of-the-queen-of-the-desert","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}