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The Desert and the Sown
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Desert and the Sown
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gertrude Lowthian Bell
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:376 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic travel writing |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108021593
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| Classifications | Dewey:915.691043 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Illustrations |
1 Plates, color; 1 Maps; 161 Halftones, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
28 October 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Athletic, intellectual and sensitive, even in her youth, Gertrude Bell was an ideal chronicler for a public fascinated by the Orient. Blending descriptions of customs, communities, archaeology, agriculture, The Desert and the Sown (1907) recounts a dramatic portion of her expedition across Syria. Enriched by over three hundred photographic illustrations, Bell's prose leads readers from the Mosque of 'Umar to the shores of the Dead Sea, the Castle of Salkhad and the dramatic landmarks of Kanawat. Notwithstanding the inclusion of such picturesque sites, the author never allows the spectacular to overshadow the significant. As she herself professed, her narrative contains frequent references to the 'conditions of unimportant persons', arguing that 'they do not appear so unimportant to one who is in their midst'. As such, this volume reflects a compassionate and respectful attitude to other civilizations, the implications of which are as significant today as they were to Bell's contemporaries.
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