{"product_id":"book-bsse","title":"A Woman in Arabia","description":"\u003cb\u003eA portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia, the subject of \u003cb\u003ethe PBS documentary \u003ci\u003eLetters from Baghdad, \u003c\/i\u003evoiced by Tilda Swinton, and \u003c\/b\u003ethe major motion picture \u003ci\u003eQueen of the Desert, \u003c\/i\u003estarring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis, and Robert Pattinson and directed by Werner Herzog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGertrude  Bell was leaning in 100 years before Sheryl Sandberg. One of the great  woman adventurers of the twentieth century, she turned her back on  Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world, and became  the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War  I. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and  spy, she dedicated her life to championing the Arab cause and was  instrumental in drawing the borders that define today’s Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs  she wrote in one of her letters, “It’s a bore being a woman when you  are in Arabia.” Forthright and spirited, opinionated and playful, and  deeply instructive about the Arab world, this volume brings together  Bell’s letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writings  to offer an intimate look at a woman who shaped nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more  than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of  classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than  1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best  works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers  trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by  introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary  authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning  translators.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49335265952048,"sku":"BDbsse","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/94503-bsse-Square.jpg?v=1733924416","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bsse","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}