Syria, the desert & the sown

Description:

**From Goodreads:** A seeming contradiction, Gertrude Bell was both a proper Victorian and an intrepid explorer of the Arabian wilderness. She was a close friend of T. E. Lawrence, and played an important role in creating the modern map of the Middle East after World War I. The Desert and the Sown is a chronicle, illustrated by over 160 photos, of Bell's 1905 journey from Jericho to Antioch, a land of warring tribes under Turkish control.

subjects: Description and travel,  Social life and customs,  Travel,  Syria, description and travel,  Lebanon, description and travel,  Lebanon, social life and customs,  Palestine, description and travel,  Palestine, social life and customs,  Bell, gertrude lowthian, 1868-1926,  Journeys

People: Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868-1926)

Places: Lebanon,  Middle East,  Palestine,  Syria