Desert Queen

Gertrude Bell, who was called the 'Queen of the Desert' all over the Arabian peninsula, turned away from an elite family and privileged family of the Queen Victoria era and preferred to live her life in the deserts of Arabia. He traveled extensively throughout the region, made maps and participated in excavations. He mingled with the public as well as with politicians and religious leaders who were members of various tribes and factions. Gertrude Bell's acceptance in Arabia resulted in the British intelligence service assigning her as the most suitable person in the First World War. It was Gertrude Bell who, in a sense, raised TE Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, who guided him, mentored him, and enabled him to establish relationships with influential people. Bell continued his life in Arabia after the war and played a major role in shaping today's Middle East. Gertrude Bell, who became the most powerful woman in England at that time, was decisive in drawing the borders of the countries in the Arabian peninsula, especially Iraq. In a sense, Queen of the Desert shows that it was Bell, rather than Lawrence, who stabbed the Ottomans in the back in the Arabian peninsula. Was the aim of these efforts the freedom of the Arab peoples or Britain's domination of the oil fields? Or was it a feeling of revenge against the Ottomans (perhaps subconsciously)? When we read that Gertrude Bell's lover, with whom she was passionately in love, died in the Gallipoli war, one cannot help but think about it.



Number of Pages: 1

< b>Print Year: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Can Yayınlari

First Printing Year: 2003

Number of Pages: 1

Language: Turkish