Desert Queen (83 page)

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

1
“
a sun-dried bureaucrat …
” Wilson, Arnold T.,
Mesopotamia, 1917–1920, A Clash of Loyalties
, London: 1931, p. 320.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

1
“
As he wants …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

2
“
I do hope …
” Ibid.

3
supporter of Adolf Hitler
. Marlowe, John,
Late Victorian: The Life of Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson
, London: 1967, p. 349.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

1
“
there’s the Jewish interest …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

1
“
The wind is blowing …
” Ireland, Philip. Private Diary, Middle East Institute.

2
“
A.T. stands convicted …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

3
“
a private laugh …
” quoted in Brown, Malcolm,
T. E. Lawrence, The Selected Letters
. New York: W. W. Norton, 1989, p. 352.

4
“
The first ruler …
” Report on Middle East Conference held in Cairo and Jerusalem (secret) Cab 24/126, June 1921.

5
“
You little
IMP
! …” Quoted in Monroe, Elizabeth, “Gertrude Bell,”
British Society for Middle East Studies Bulletin
, 1980.

6
“
How easily …
” Quoted in Fishman, Jack,
My Darling Clementine
. New York: David McKay Co., 1963, p. 68.

CHAPTER THIRTY

1
threats of intimidation …
Graves, Philip,
The Life of Sir Percy Cox
, London: Hutchinson, 1941.

2
gave away thousands …
Klieman, Aaron S.,
Foundations of British Policy in the Arab World
, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971.

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

1
“
There is no meaning …
” Quoted in Ireland, Philip,
Iraq
, London: Jonathan Cape, 1937, p. 466.

2
“
Brothers! … my word is …
” Ibid.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

1
“
Miss Bell …
” Private interview with Guzine Abdel Kadir Rashid, London, 1993.

2
“
The notables here …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

3
“
outrageously low …
” Ibid.

4
“
Muslim women …
” Ibid.

5
“
since Kirkuk is …
” Ibid.

6
“
I can’t tell you …
” Ibid.

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

1
“
I’m an officer …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

2
“
I must form …
” Ibid.

3
“
We betrayed him …
” Ibid.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

1
“
The King is …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.