Record Number: 30924
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I've just read Lord Esher's book about Lord Kitchener which is a very interesting human document, isn't it. What a very big figure he just failed to be. Yet he did play a great part and if ever I meet his shade I should make it a curtsey. He was a greater man than I knew — it's a pity he didn't have a better biographer than Sir George Arthur.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1922 and 5 Jan 1922
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia) or Egypt
Timen/a
Place:city: Baghdad
specific address: personal residence
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, intelligence officer for British government, army officer and Middle East political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Iraq (Mesopotamia) or Egypt
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Tragedy of Lord Kitchener
Genre:History, military history rather than biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Murray, 1921.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30924
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to either Florence or Hugh Bell, 5 January 1922 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=533
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30924, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The biography referred to is that by Sir George Arthur "Life of Kitchener" (Macmillan, 1920), which Gertrude Bell may also have read.