Extracts from two of Bell's most compelling works of travel writing, "Persian Pictures" and "Syria: The Desert and the Sown," as well as some of her most fascinating lettersA woman far ahead of her time, Gertrude gained a first from Oxford at a time when very few subjects were even open to women. She went on to take an active interest in politics before embarking on her one-woman travels across the Middle East. She chronicled her journeys through...