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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE (14 July 1868 — 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Along with T. E. Lawrence, Bell helped establish the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq. She played a major role in establishing and helping administer the modern state of Iraq and was, utilizing her unique perspective from her travels and relations with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East. During her lifetime she was highly beloved and trusted by British officials and given an immense amount of power for a woman at the time. She has also been described as "one of the few representatives of His Majesty's Government remembered by the Arabs with anything resembling affection".

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Total Books: 24
A Ladder for Silvanus
1975 - A Ladder for Silvanus (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780830901265
ISBN-10: 0830901264
Genre: Children's Books
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