Persian Pictures

As a scholar, historian, linguist, archaeologist, photographer, secret service agent and traveller, (1868–1926), Gertrude Bell was a hugely significant figure of her time. Her early travels were made in Europe and Persia; she made two round-the-world trips (1897–98 and 1902–03). She was instrumental in creating the new state of Iraq and as Honorary Director of Antiquities in Iraq, she established the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.Dr Liora Lukitz has for several years been a research fellow at the Centre for Middle East Studies at Harvard University.

• List of Illustrations; Introduction; Preface; 1. An Eastern City; 2. The Tower of Silence; 3. In Praise of Gardens; 4. The King of Merchants; 5. The Imam Hussein; 6. The Shadow of Death; 7. Dwellers in Tents; 8. Three Noble Ladies; 9. The Treasure of the King; 10. Sheikh Hassan; 11. A Persian Host; 12. A Stage and a Half; 13. A Bridle-Path; 14. Two Palaces; 15. The Month of Fasting; 16. Requiescant in Pace; 17. The City of King Prusias; 18. Shops and Shopkeepers; 19. A Murray of the First Century; 20. Travelling Companions