This book of 'Persian Pictures' is the first published work of Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), the celebrated traveller, archaeologist, Orientalist and supporter of Arab independence. She first visited Persia in 1892, when a relative by marriage was British minister there, and published her impressions in a series of essays in 1894. Her subjects range from Roman ruins to Ottoman graves to shopping in the bazaars, and from the bustling life of cities to the isolation of the desert. Having studied the Persian language in preparation for her journey, she was able to enter into the life of the country, and especially of its women, more deeply than a casual visitor, and indeed her second publication was a free-verse translation of the fourteenth-century poet Hafiz. Bell captures a sense of delight at a mysterious land still marked by the traces of many of the great civilisations of the past.
| ISBN: | 9781108042031 |
| Publication date: | 22nd December 2011 |
| Author: | Gertrude Bell |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 306 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history Classic travel writing |
This book of 'Persian Pictures' is the first published work of Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), the celebrated traveller, archaeologist, Orientalist and supporter of Arab independence. She first visited Persia in 1892, when a relative by marriage was British minister there, and published her impressions in a series of essays in 1894. Her subjects range from Roman ruins to Ottoman graves to shopping in the bazaars, and from the bustling life of cities to the isolation of the desert. Having studied the Persian language in preparation for her journey, she was able to enter into the life of the country, and especially of its women, more deeply than a casual visitor, and indeed her second publication was a free-verse translation of the fourteenth-century poet Hafiz. Bell captures a sense of delight at a mysterious land still marked by the traces of many of the great civilisations of the past.
Safar Nameh features in the following genres: Middle Eastern history, Classic travel writing
Safar Nameh is available in Paperback
Safar Nameh was written by Gertrude Bell and published by Cambridge University Press
Safar Nameh has 306 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor series