Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel

par Gertrude Bell

21 chapitres5h 6mEnglish1894

À propos de ce livre

Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and anthropology of the region. She became an expert and was instrumental in formulating British policy in the region following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the outbreak of World War I. - Summary by LynneT

Chapitres (20)

1AN EASTERN CITY

1129

2THE TOWER OF SILENCE

557

3IN PRAISE OF GARDENS

963

4THE KING OF MERCHANTS

568

5THE IMAM HUSSEIN

1006

6THE SHADOW OF DEATH

1001

7DWELLERS IN TENTS

820

8THREE NOBLE LADIES

936

9THE TREASURE OF THE KING

840

10SHEIKH HASSAN

991

11A PERSIAN HOST

803

12A STAGE AND A HALF

778

13A BRIDLE-PATH

1123

14TWO PALACES

1094

15THE MONTH OF FASTING

885

16REQUIESCANT IN PACE

1085

17THE CITY OF KING PRUSIAS

659

18SHOPS AND SHOPKEEPERS

770

19A MURRAY OF THE FIRST CENTURY

1057

20TRAVELLING COMPANIONS

1228

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