Valvantachi Rani Jetraryuda Khel
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- Synopsis
- Gertrude Bell was born on July 14, 1868, in Durham, England. She studied history at Oxford and embarked on a career as a writer, traveler and archaeologist. Fluent in Persian and Arabic, Bell worked for the British government in Cairo during World War I. She contributed to the construction of the Iraqi state in 1921, as well as the National Museum of Iraq. Bell died in Baghdad on July 12, 1926. Gertrude Bell “Desert Queen.” She is also known as Gertrude of Arabia. Killed herself with sleeping pills in Baghdad in 1926, days before the inauguration of Faisal’s government, it was not because she had failed. Her work was done, the king no longer needed her and she had fallen into a deep depression. The monarchy she helped build lasted until 1958, longer than some of its creators ever expected
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- Saket Prakashan, Pune
- Date of Addition:
- 04/27/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Saket Prakashan, Pune
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- Marathi
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.