Record Number: 30809

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Read Prescott all morning with intervals of talking to the two American men, the Engineer and the Captain.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

21 Jan 1898

Country:

at sea (Pacific Ocean off coast of Panama

Time

morning

Place:

other location: on board the 'City of Para'

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gertrude Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Jul 1868

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

at sea (Pacific Ocean off coast of Panama

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Wiliam Hickling Prescott

Title:

unknown

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

unknown

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30809

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk

Additional Information:

Diary entry 21 January 1898 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1714

Citation:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30809, accessed: 11 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Identity of author undetermined but most likely, in the context of Gertrude Bell's reading patterns, to have been William Hickling Prescott (1796–1859) American historian, who published several books on Spain and Spanish America, including histories of the conquests of Peru and of Mexico.