Uncovering the ancient world

Politics & Social Sciences

Winstone, H.V.F.

Archaeology

Constable

xiii + 322 pp. with 5 figs. &amp; 37 illus., 8vo.

Gertrude Bell

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

JONATHAN CAPE.

Woolley of Ur: The Life of Sir Leonard Woolley

Woolley of Ur: The Life of Sir Leonard Woolley

Leaders & Notable People

William Heinemann, Ltd.

A biography of Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald "O.C. Desert" Leachman, a famous officer in the Arab theater of the First World War. Includes chapters with titles such as "The Raj" and "Through Kurdistan and Syria" as well as section of black-and-white photographs from Leachman's life.

Leachman O.C. Desert: The Life of Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Leachman D.S.O.

Quartet Books Ltd.

Captain Shakespear: A portrait

History

World

Quartet Books

Traces the discovery of archaeological sites in Greece, Egypt, Mycenae, Troy, Babylon, and Ur and discusses the individuals who expanded our knowledge of ancient civilizations

Uncovering the Ancient World

FACTS ON FILE+

Royal Copenhagen

Arts & Photography

Seven Hills Books

First published in 1978, Winstone's lively biography of one of the most indomitable of Middle Eastern travellers has been revised. Born in 1868 Gertrude became `a confident and welcome figure in society' but she was driven on by a fierce spirit of adventure, not to mention courage, to climb the mountains of Europe and explore its archaeological rem

Stacey International

This book tells the remarkable story of a woman who, despite astounding achievements, has remained strangely obscure until now. Lady Anne Blunt is probably best known for her family connections and for her tempestuous marriage to the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, with whom she travelled to the tribal regions of the Euphrates, to the Nejd and the Central Arabian Nafud desert. Anne sketched and wrote as she confronted the dangers of tribal warfare, painting watercolours in rare moments of peace. She is the first European woman to make a recorded journey to Central Arabia. Among her many achievements was the rescue of the Arab horse from the ill effects of indiscriminate breeding, ignorance and neglect. She is regarded by many equine authorities as the saviour of the true thoroughbred Arabian . This biography is a deeply researched and engagingly told record of a noble life.

Lady Anne Blunt: A Biography

Barzan Pub Co

Kuwait: Prospect and Reality: Prospect and Reality (Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait)

For many the story of this small Arabian state begins and ends with the wealth that has accrued from its vast oil deposits. But the real fascination of Kuwait lies in its geological and archaeological history; in its long struggle for survival among powerful neighbours; in its ambitious plans for industrial and economic development. This book, first published in 1972, shows the effects of the new material wealth opened up by oil in relation to the country’s remote past and its Islamic background.

Freeth, Zahra

Reference

Routledge

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