Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea (Tauris Parke Paperbacks) Paperback – May 6, 2014

This is a fascinating insight into gentler times in Iran and Istanbul. It captures the beauty of the culture. and Gertrude Bell's writing style conveys that gentle beauty . Her adventurous spirit is an inspiration

Wonderful writing from an incredibly clever and brave lady.

Describes scenes and places very well. Fails to develop characters.

Bell in places offers deep and cogent insights into those times and places, and also some very lovely descriptions of what she witnessed, but also at times launches into verbose attempts at Victorian Oriental romanticism to which only the English drawing-room set of olden times would have been attuned. Of some little historical value, and with some literary merits to be sure, but with some belle-lettrist excess. She was a woman much enamored of her own prolixity.

There are no pictures in this book at all.

A woman's unequaled adventure of daring, curiosity and a cultural love of peoples, customs and traditions..in an age when women were expected to sit still and smile.

This lovely book by Gertrude Bell, Persian Pictures, of her stay in Persia is evocative and beautiful. I am so glad I bought it, and so grateful to Amazon who made its purchase so easy.

brilliant imagery and descriptions written in impeccable english

Good book

The life story of a formidable woman well played by Nicole Kidman.An additional bonus is the cinematography of beautiful desert scenes.