Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel by Gertrude Bell (1868 - 1926)
Genre(s): Exploration

Read by: Kazbek, Mario Pineda, Owlivia, Ciufi Galeazzi, jenno, Ted Lienhart, gpaulsen, Gloria Loughry, NRThomas, Maria Angela R. Aragon, docdlmartin in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Introductory
00:01:16 - 01 - AN EASTERN CITY
00:20:06 - 02 - THE TOWER OF SILENCE
00:29:23 - 03 - IN PRAISE OF GARDENS
00:45:26 - 04 - THE KING OF MERCHANTS
00:54:56 - 05 - THE IMAM HUSSEIN
01:11:43 - 06 - THE SHADOW OF DEATH
01:28:25 - 07 - DWELLERS IN TENTS
01:42:06 - 08 - THREE NOBLE LADIES
01:57:44 - 09 - THE TREASURE OF THE KING
02:11:44 - 10 - SHEIKH HASSAN
02:28:15 - 11 - A PERSIAN HOST
02:41:38 - 12 - A STAGE AND A HALF
02:54:38 - 13 - A BRIDLE-PATH
03:13:22 - 14 - TWO PALACES
03:31:36 - 15 - THE MONTH OF FASTING
03:46:21 - 16 - REQUIESCANT IN PACE
04:04:26 - 17 - THE CITY OF KING PRUSIAS
04:15:27 - 18 - SHOPS AND SHOPKEEPERS
04:28:18 - 19 - A MURRAY OF THE FIRST CENTURY
04:45:55 - 20 - TRAVELLING COMPANIONS

Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and anthropology of the region. She became an expert and was instrumental in formulating British policy in the region following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the outbreak of World War I. - Summary by LynneT

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