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A grand historical novel about Gertrude Bell, one of the most influential women of the twentieth century. She was the most celebrated adventurer of her day, the brains behind Lawrence of Arabia, an adviser to kings and desert sheikhs, and the British governments secret weapon in WWI in the campaign against the Turks. A brilliant academic, mountaineer, explorer, linguist, politician, and towering literary figure, Gertrude Bell is the most significant unsung heroine of the twentieth century. Alan Golds meticulously researched novel accurately opens historys pages on a peerless woman who broke all molds on how Victorian women were supposed to behavesocially, intellectually, and physically. Guiding the events of the day in open, sanctioned diplomacy and adventure all across the Middle East, her influence on the men at the vanguard of history, and her unparalleled skill in sculpting the pathways and influences of the English, French, and Arab allies on the region, all lead to perhaps her greatest achievement single-handedly creating todays Iraq.
About the Author
I'm a novelist, OpEd columnist for newspapers and magazines and guest lecturer in creative writing at different universities.
Most of my novels are historical thrillers, their subjects dealing with the earliest days of civilization in the Hittite period to the most recent incidents in the Arab-Israel wars.
I've written about 20 or more novels...I lose count...published and translated into many languages throughout the world by HarperCollins, Penguin, Simon & Schuster and Atria.
I'm married, living in Australia with my wife and three children.
I'm sure there's more to me, but probably not all that much.
