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The Passionate Spies : How Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby and Lawrence of Arabia Led the Arab Revolt. And How Saudi Arabia Was Founded

The Passionate Spies : How Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby and Lawrence of Arabia Led the Arab Revolt. And How Saudi Arabia Was Founded

The Passionate Spies : How Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby and Lawrence of Arabia
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The Passionate Spies : How Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby and Lawrence of Arabia Led the Arab Revolt. And How Saudi Arabia Was Founded

by Harte, John

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New York: Cune Press, 2022. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy of this hardcover. This is the true story of how three British Secret Service agents from the Arab Bureau in Cairo helped General Allenby defeat Germany's ally, the Turks, and end World War One. Lawrence of Arabia reignited a failing Arab Revolt by training and leading a guerrilla force of Arab irregulars to take the port of Aqaba on the Red Sea. John Harte's book - as well as focusing on a critical moment that David Lean featured in his famous film in which young Captain Lawrence discovers a secret back door into the Turkish interior - also describes the forgotten nomadic life of the Bedouin tribes and their raiding parties, the founding of oil-rich Saudi Arabia led by King Ibn Saud, and his double-agent, the treacherous Major St John Philby whom spymaster Major Gertrude Bell of the SIS had trained in spy-craft. 240pp..

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Title
The Passionate Spies : How Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby and Lawrence of Arabia Led the Arab Revolt. And How Saudi Arabia Was Founded
Author
Harte, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
1951082540
ISBN 13
9781951082543
Publisher
Cune Press
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2022
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords
Lawrence Arabia Gertrude Bell Philby WW1 Military Arab Bureau
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T E Lawrence; Military and Military History; Political History;

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