Record Number: 30951
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Did you agree with the scheme the owners put before the coal commission? It looked to me very black if after all those nearly impossible, if not quite impossible, things had been done, the coal trade was still to be run at a loss. But really Ernest Benn's book has made me realize so clearly what a hopeless track we are steering on that I don't feel as if anything drastic enough would be done.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1925 and 20 Jan 1926
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Timen/a
Place:city: Baghdad
Type of Experience(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 and Middle East political advisor
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Confessions of a Capitalist
Genre:Politics, economics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Hutchinson, 1925
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30951
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Hugh Bell, 20 January 1926 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=875
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30951, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None