The Desert and the Sown

Gertrude Bell, the daughter of an industrialist and land owner, set off on her journey across the Syria’s interior.
During the months that followed, Bell grew to understand and respect the Arab peoples to a degree that few ever have, travelling further than any western woman before her. The Desert and the Sown is an account of those people Bell met or that accompanied her, showing what the world in which they lived was like and how it appeared to them, bringing to life the desert landscape and culture for a western world fascinated by the Orient.