Record Number: 30938

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I'm sure you have read "A Lost Dominion" — what a remarkable book! Well compare the picture there given with the views of our untutored Arab shaikhs and tell me if you don't think they are possessed of an innate political good sense.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1924 and 1924

Country:

probably Iraq (Mesopotamia)

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Baghdad (probably)

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:

Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, intelligence officer and Middle East political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

probably Iraq (Mesopotamia)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

A. Carthill (= al-katil. pseud. C. Kennedy)

Title:

The Lost Dominion

Genre:

History, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Edinburgh, London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1924

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30938

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Hugh Bell, 24 June 1924 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=731

Citation:

Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30938, accessed: 21 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None