Record Number: 30891

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At 5 the Chelabi [?local chief] arrived with a large and picturesque following robed in white and armed with rifles. After visiting me he held a mejlis in the der. Before sunset 14 men came in from Zakhuran, all swearing they knew nothing of the matter [a robbery at the camp the previous night]. Read the "Bible in Spain" — splendid book.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 24 May 1909 and 26 May 1909

Country:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

Time

evening

Place:

other location: in camp near upper reaches of river Tigriser

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

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

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:

George Borrow

Title:

The Bible in Spain: or, The journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

Genre:

Other religious, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

(First published 1843) May have been reading the 1905 'definitive edition on thin paper'

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30891

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 24 May 1909 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=785

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=30891, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Gertrude Bell records finishing this book two day later, while still investigatig the theft at her camp.