In 1905 Gertrude Bell rode north from Jerusalem across the Jordan, through the Hauran and the Druze mountains to Damascus, Baalbek, Aleppo and Antioch. She lets the sheikhs, muleteers, officials and villagers she met speak in their own words, painting the Ottoman Levant between desert tribes and settled farmland.
The book that made Bell’s name as a traveller, years before her role in shaping modern Iraq. Download the free EPUB.