Desert Queen (82 page)

4
“
Gertrude … is …
” Ibid.

5
“
mostly writing notes …
” quoted in Garnett, David,
Letters of T. E. Lawrence
. London: Spring Books. 1964.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

1
“
I get rather tired …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

2
on March 9, 1916 …
James, Laurence,
The Golden Warrior
, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990, p. 111.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

1
“
I am going away …
” Lawrence, M. R.,
The Home Letters of T. E. Lawrence and His Brothers, Oxford. 1954.

2
“
Oh how glad …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

3
“
I want to express …
” F.O. 882/13 June 15, 1916. Public Records Office.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

1
“
a nice creature …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

2
“
Yes, it has been …
” Ibid.

3
“
Rudolfe might be asked …
” Ibid.

4
“
I hear from Gertrude …
” Hogarth, David. Private Papers, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

1
“
lady of the Court …
” Rihani, Ameen,
Ibn Sa’oud of Arabia
, London: Constable & Co., 1928, p. 7.

2
“
A very shrewd …
” Author’s interview with Abdul Razaq Hassani, Baghdad, 1994.

3
“
Lawrence, relying on her reports …
” Speech by David Hogarth. Royal Geographical Society, April 4, 1927.

CHAPTER TWENTY

1
“
Your very affectionate …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

1
“
Khatun … your nation is great …
” Interview by Gertrude Bell with the Naqib. Published in Wilson, Arnold T.,
Mesopotamia 1917–1920, A Clash of Loyalties
, London, 1931.

2
“
more affectionate …
” Hogarth, David. Private Papers, St. Anthony’s College, Oxford.

3
“
Miss Bell has …
” Haidar, Rustam,
Memoirs
, translated from the Arabic for the author by Suleiman Mousa, Amman, 1994.

4
“
inverted megalomaniac,
” Burgoyne, Elizabeth. Private Papers, West Yorkshire Archives, Colverdale Central Library, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

5
“
The Arabs would …
” Garnett, David,
Letters of T. E. Lawrence
, London: Spring Books, 1964.

6
“
Mrs. Vita was over …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

7
“
I’m glad to be …
” Ibid.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

1
But Talib’s methods …
Ireland, Philip,
Iraq
, London: Jonathan Cape, 1937.

2
“
She is the only …
” Bell, Gertrude. Diaries, University of Newcastle.

3
“
There is practically …
” Ibid.

4
“
If the French …
” Ibid.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

1
“
I’m very sorry …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

2
“
On any subject …
” quoted in
The Times of London
, obituary. July 21, 1926.

3
“
An Arab State …
” quoted in Ireland, Philip,
Iraq
, London: Jonathan Cape, 1937, p. 197.